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We are a post Pentecostal church. All of us, not just leaders or ministers, or those in ‘apostolic succession’. All those years ago there were more than 100 people in that upper room. Acts 1:15 says there were about 120, and Peter addresses them as ‘Brothers and sisters’, so many more than just the remaining […]
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By the time this is read, the season of Lent will have come and gone. Easter will be a memory and our lives will roll along towards summer. Most won’t even be giving the next liturgical holy day, Pentecost, a second thought. We will be rolling along in life on our autopilot. But it doesn’t […]
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I do not know what is going to unfold here as I write, but I am doing so only because the Holy Spirit is urging me to do so. From the very beginnings of the Franciscan spiritual movement, Mary has been the pivot or hinge of the spiritual makeup of all the communities calling themselves […]
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Several weeks ago (in mid-October) the hashtag: #MeToo was posted by actress Alyssa Milano, inviting anyone who had been sexually assaulted or harassed to post this hashtag in their Twitter or Facebook accounts. Within just a few hours it was trending and within 48 hours #MeToo had blown up social media and was the lead-in […]
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“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.” (2 Timothy 4:2) I was once told by a priest that clergy should not share too much of their personal life with the congregation. In his opinion, clergy needed to keep a professional distance from parishioners […]
Continue ReadingLiturgy is a repetitive cycle not just in terms of seasons, but in the day to day or week to week themes. If you are a regular church goer you may have noticed it because the Church centers her prayers/readings on the life of Jesus Christ, Who always had an underlying if not clear eschatological […]
Continue ReadingRecently, a drunken hate-monger was arrested for public intoxication and screaming at a Muslim family enjoying a day at the beach. Many well-meaning Christians on social media stated we shouldn’t judge this man, that we don’t know what was going on in his head, and voiced concern for his soul. However, they most never mentioned […]
Continue ReadingLenten disciplines, like New Year’s resolutions, often start out with a great bang only to fizzle out after a couple of weeks. But don’t despair, that’s not a reason to lose hope or beat yourself up. It is a reminder, however, of our human frailty and need for Christ. After all, this is what Lent […]
Continue ReadingLa persona de Jesús ha creado en la humanidad un sinnúmero de ideas y de apreciaciones hasta inclusive interpretaciones de lo que realmente Jesús quería con su movimiento espiritual, a lo que hoy llamamos institución eclesiástica. Aunque realmente poco o nada nos ha importado la antropología de este hombre que después de 20 siglos su […]
Continue ReadingAn individual’s event horizon is one’s ability to set future goals. The further one’s event horizon extends, the more likely that person will experience success. Conversely, those whose event horizons are short sighted tend to live day to day, with no real tangible goals for the future. Monarchs such as Queen Elizabeth II of Great […]
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