It sucks us in with a vision of what is, what has been and what is yet to come. The book is addictive…By appealing not just to our fear and guilt but to our love for our planetary home, The World Without Us ma
We accept these accounts when we read them in the Bible. And we believethat they are true and possible because God is involved. Yet we find itdifficult to believe and accept it when we are in similar situations and when they are happening to us or to people we know. Why can’t what ...
For it behooves the one drawing near to God to believe that He exists and that He becomes a rewarder to those earnestly seeking Him out.King James BibleBut without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder ...
I, John, had a vision of a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue. They stood before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands. I said to him, “My lord, you are the one who knows....
4. A Promise of the General Resurrection Finally, the Resurrection of Christ is said to be the “firstfruits” of those who have fallen asleep—that is, it serves as the first instance of the general resurrection that we will all undergo at the end of time. St. Paul explains the Resurre...
Lay leaders with a vision for ministry in their neighborhoods need to beware. Other people want what you have. Church people have a way of making coveting sound noble. It’s not. photo credit: Soren WolfServalviaphotopin(license)
The hymeneal veil and the golden ring came in only yesterday, and as an incarnation of the vision of love, Holy Matrimony is only a taste of the hellish consequences involved in claiming that a vision can be represented by thought, word and deed. Here, in my cell, is what one sees in...