Where communion with God is restored At the Mystical Supper in the Upper Room Jesus gave a dramatically new meaning to the food and drink of the sacred meal. He identified Himself with the bread and wine: “Take, eat; this is my Body. Drink of it all of you; for
Serving as the front line of protection for our communities Police officers are, by necessity, good actors, for they have to wear a mask to cover the pain and trauma that comes with their job. Often the focus of anger and accusation from the very communities they are pledged to
Caregivers must also care for themselves My dear mother was diagnosed with dementia, back in 2003. Soon after the diagnosis I moved her from Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho, and into an assisted living place on Vashon Island, where I could be involved in the supervision of her care. The dementia
The perspective of Dr. Peter Hammond, a convert from Islam Dr. Hammond’s doctorate is in Theology. He was born in Cape Town in 1960, grew up in Rhodesia, and converted to Christianity in 1977. Adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond’s book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat:
To win the battle we must focus only on your own sins When we take our eyes off our own sins we focus only on the sins of the other. As their sins get our attention, we fail to struggle with the passions that keep us from the wholeness that
Today is Thomas Sunday, called so after Saint Thomas the Apostle, who wanted to place his hands in the wounds of Christ, before he would believe that He had risen from the dead. Thomas is like all of us. He is the “everyman”, who would one day be a great
The centrality of repentance in the life of a Christian In our struggle on the path to God, repentance must be the central theme. Only in repentance will we find the true meaning of life, for only in repentance can one enter into communion with God. This life has been
The Church begins and ends with Jesus It would seem so obvious, but this truth must become paramount to our thinking, since it is often forgotten. We can get so caught up in all the ecclesiastical, social, political, and cultural aspects of our life in the Church, that the gospel
At Baptism we receive the gift of a new birth from above At the time of our baptism the Church gives us the gift of a new birth from above, and welcomes us into the Body of Christ, which is the Church Herself. It is our membership in Christ’s Church
Jesus never apologized for offending the Pharisees The legalistic and cunning minds of the Pharisees, the basis of their hypocrisy, was the focus of much of Christ’s condemnation. The Pharisees were good actors, seeming to be pious and staunch purveyors of correctly practiced religion, yet they were personally offended by