Earlier this Fall we decided it was time to sell some of the toys the boys now 23 and 15 had accumulated over their childhoods There were too many trucks action figures and games which were no longer needed or useful this does not include Lego wooden train sets wooden castle blocks from Germa

The contradictory nature of Christ rsquo s kingship a sign of contradiction for the world and his followers is not seen in the power that properly belongs to his kingship but the manner in which he lays it down for the nbsp world and for the Church This contradiction reveals not only the heart o

We desperately want someone to gather together both the disparate pieces of our personal lives and our planet’s history. One could say that we want someone to harvest history, our own and that of the world. And here’s the truth: the Church recognizes that harvester in the person of Jesus the Christ, the one whom the scriptures call the Alpha and the Omega of time.

This passage from Paul rsquo s first letter to the Thessalonians 5 1-6 falls squarely into the realm of Jewish apocalyptic thought as does much of Jesus rsquo own teaching found in the Gospels with one profound difference the Christians were not Jews awaiting the coming of the Messiah The follo

The problem with parables is presumption Hearing them we assume they rsquo re meant for another For example we take for granted that we are wisely investing the talents that God has given We simply assume that we rsquo re like the Good Wife from Proverbs busy with our worthy labors But th

People often talk about absent men fathers who are not there male role models lacking in boys rsquo lives but what about when the men are everywhere and nowhere to be seen nbsp In the case of the allegations of sexual abuse in the Penn State football program the men were not and are not ther