The parables of Jesus are meant to pounce, at least if we’ve truly heard them.  They’re a bit like playing with a kitten, one that surprises us with an unexpected swipe.  Each parable imparts a deeply personal lessen, but only if we enter the play.

Adoption is sacramental, revealing to humanity the possibility of divine love.

When the present doesn’t demand our full attention, don’t we typically use the time to fret and to frame the future?

According to an August 15 2013 ldquo Field Notes rdquo feature in The New York Times ldquo Before Saying lsquo I Do rsquo Define Just What You Mean rdquo many brides and grooms are resurrecting a 1960s and 70s tradition nbsp They are again nbsp ldquo choosing to say vows they have writ

Working with Alfred Hitchcock Ingrid Bergman once asked for additional insight into the character that she was to play nbsp What was her motivation nbsp Hitchcock answered her but the actress didn rsquo t see the question as settled nbsp ldquo I don rsquo t feel like that I don rsquo t thi

In the wee hours of a Sunday morning May of 1654 Jacob Rolandus climbed out a bedroom window of his family rsquo s home nbsp He was fleeing the rectory and the family of his father a Reformed Dutch Minister so that he could freely practice his new religion Catholicism nbsp In the 17th cen