Jack Shea and Mark I often quote my friend Jack Shea, who brings so many profound spiritual insights as an author and theologian. Of his many books, Jack has written a series entitled The Spiritual Wisdom of The Gospels for Christian Preachers and Teachers, published by Liturgical Press out of Collegeville, Minnesota. I invite anyone […]
Be Watchful! Be Alert! Be More! As we begin a new church year and enter into the preparation for Christmas called Advent, we are guided by some classic Scripture. Passages from the great prophet Isiah are the first readings for each of the first three weekend liturgies of Advent. This week we hear, “No
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A Tale of a Few Kings As Christians we believe in the New Testament fulfillment of so many Old Testament prophecies, the most important, of course, being that Jesus Christ is the long-awaited Messiah and Savior. The connections between prediction and realization in the two great Testaments of Scripture are sometimes subtle and often very
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Make More of what God has Given to You Have you spent SIGNIFICANT time recently reflecting on the gifts and blessings that God has given you? We do such reflecting at various times in life. We come in touch with it easily when something really good happens to us, like winning an important game, getting
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Awareness, Be More and Erin Maiorca Legendary basketball coach Phil Jackson says, “It is better to be aware than to be smart.” I really appreciate that statement and have come to observe its truth. Awareness is an art that opens up our world. A heightened sense of awareness often makes more of what we know
