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Category Archives: evangelization
Return of the prodigal son — or father?
This is a reflection I offered on my Morning Prayer stream this morning — on Facebook. There is not a story in the Bible that I have spent more time with than the story of the prodigal son. Soon after … Continue reading
A Good Shepherd Sunday sermon
John 10:22-30 At that time the festival of the Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon. So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How … Continue reading
The Best View
From a 2014 Theological Reflection for my Clinical Pastoral Education class. I’m sitting in my 35 year old recliner watching the Illinois River flow north. The sun has just come up and it’s easy to see it calmly rolling the … Continue reading
Believing…
(This is a sermon from this time last year for one of my homiletic classes). As a hospital chaplain, I worked extensively with patients and their families in Hospice. All of the time, we believed that our patient would soon … Continue reading
“It is Well With My Soul”
I am an Chaplain Intern in Clinical Pastoral Education and this theological reflection was assigned by my supervisor. The assignment was to integrate Fr. Richard Rohr, Carl Jung, Dr. Candace Pert with the song “It is Well With My Soul” … Continue reading
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The Calling of St. Matthew, by Caravaggio
Following is a theological reflection I presented in my Clinical Pastoral Education Class in the fall of 2013. ‘The Calling of St. Matthew, by Caravaggio We have a new Pope. That’s old news. The media has done a great job … Continue reading
Mom’s got us covered — all of us
I didn’t like President Obama taking on our Bishops in his administration’s original decision regarding exemptions to contraceptive services. It felt to me like he was telling our Bishops what to believe, and as a longtime observer of Illinois politics, … Continue reading
“Why do Catholics not evangelize”?
A dear friend forwarded me an email from retired priest who was a missionary in Africa. He was seeking dialogue on the following questions around a statistic he found that suggested “20 Million” Catholics have left the Church in the United States in … Continue reading
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