In the early 1940s, C. S. Lewis wrote in his famous book, Mere Christianity, “Already the new people are dotted here and there all over the earth. Some are hardly recognizable: but others can be quickly recognized. Every now and then you’ll meet one. Their very voices and faces are different from ours: stronger, quieter, […]
Among Bruce Springsteen’s greatest hits is one from the mid-nineties entitled, Secret Garden. The lyrics describe how a particular woman welcomes him into her life. Spending time together, they enjoy many common experiences, engage in countless conversations, share numerous intimate moments, and go deep into each other’s lives—but only to a particular point. At that […]
At the funeral of Irish rock star Shane MacGowan nearly a year ago, his friends sang “Haunted,” a ballad he wrote in the 1980s for the iconic film, Sid and Nancy, and performed numerous times with Sinead O’Connor. The lyrics, “I want to be haunted by the ghost of your precious love,” could be a […]
The Greek word “metanoia” is sometimes used in church jargon. It means an about-face or one-eighty-degree change—a total turn-around conversion. This week in Kansas City many sports fans marveled over how our major league baseball team fared last year with a 56-106 record (tied for worst in their history) compared to where they ended up […]
Two thousand and twenty-four has been named a Year of Prayer by the Holy Father. This designation is made in preparation for the Jubilee or Holy Year of 2025. In a sense, this is to be a quiet year amidst the thunder of war, noise of political campaigns, screeching sounds of local and global unrest, […]
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