a contemporary James …

There are many wonderful translations of Scripture. For ‘easy-reading’, (as opposed to study), I enjoy “The Message” paraphrase by Eugene Peterson.   Here is the letter of James in this contemporary paraphrase. I, James, am a slave of God and the Master Jesus, writing to the twelve tribes scattered to Kingdom Come: Hello! Consider it […]

Remembrance

Holy Thursday 2018 Alice, a dear friend of mine, passed away a few days ago. After getting the news, I spent some quiet time looking through the pictures I had on my computer of Alice and her family, and the memories of our journey through life together. Memories. As humans, we want something of the person […]

Live, Listen, Share

“Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before humans, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven”   … from the Gospel, 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time (A) At the end of Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus gathered the disciples together and gave them what is often called “the great commission,” to go into the whole world and make […]

rocks

at times our life is like this picture.  when we look back, it seems like we carry along with us so many rocks .. the events in our life that have weighed us down.    hard times.  unforgiving places. sometimes it seems that these events are ready to overtake us, and we can feel overwhelmed.weighted down. […]

where is your Joy?

6th Sunday of Easter (A) In our first reading we hear the story of the Deacon Philip announcing Christ to the Samaritans. They were freed from unclean spirits, paralysis and various diseases.  And they were filled with great joy. Joy It’s not a word we hear very much.  And we don’t seem to use the word […]