All Meditations
The Samaritan Woman
posted on Mar 28, 2011I think of her as the Elizabeth Taylor of her time. Granted, she only had five husbands, not eight, but she must have had the same tenacity, the same resilience. To be a woman who had managed to marry that many times, and then to be living with an...
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The Devil
posted on Mar 14, 2011A few months ago, we had a tragedy in my family. My son Jacob's beloved gecko died. Now you may think that this sounds like a small deal, but it was not. Jacob is ten years old and he loved that little African fat tailed gecko, his name was Sunshi...
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About Him
posted on Mar 7, 2011When Jesus went to pray, he usually went alone. He would walk off by himself. “I am going up the mountain to pray,” is all that he would say. And off he went. What happened up there between Jesus and God was a mystery, and no doubt the discipl...
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Perspective
posted on Feb 21, 2011Sometimes I think that Jesus is just plain unreasonable.Love your enemies, he tells us. Pray for those who persecute you. When someone slaps you, turn and offer your other cheek.Love the IRS man? Love the guy who cuts you off on the highway and do...
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Salt
posted on Feb 7, 2011"You are the salt of the earth..." JesusThe images on television are frightening. Riots occurring in the streets. Video cameras and cell phones capture everything, the bloodied heads, the screams, a man beating another man with an iron bar. Fires ...
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The Myth about Feeling Good
posted on Jan 31, 2011Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be filled.In the movie, Castaway, Tom Hanks is a FedEx Executive who is in love. His fiancé is getting her PhD. She is bright, energetic and honest. Tom is busy as a Corporat...
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Fishing
posted on Jan 24, 2011Have you ever noticed that the passages of Scripture that we are most familiar with are the ones that we fail to examine? It is as if they become old friends to us, comfortable, predictable. We don't want to disrupt the cozy relationship that we h...
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Words from the Cross
posted on Jan 10, 2011Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.The Gospel of Luke It takes a certain kind of strength and faithfulness not to just skip Good Friday. I am constantly surprised at how many of my flock can't make it. When I was in Sou...
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Coming Down From Heaven
posted on Jan 3, 2011Did you see the eclipse on Monday night? My mother mentioned it at dinner Monday night and the time stuck in my mind. 2.30 a.m. I want to see that, I thought to myself. Then I resumed parenting and working and forgot all about it. But God had not ...
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Finding Home
posted on Jan 3, 2011An angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt..."Matthew 2:13Something strange happened to me when I was pregnant with each of my three boys. I got this instinct to nest. I w...
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Saint Thomas
Saint Andrew
The Feast of All Saints
St. Michael and All Angels