Category Archives: The Word Made Fresh

Field

Pentecost celebrates these three waves of sound and light and love. Today, with the Spirit’s inspiration, we will ponder the sound made by Pentecost, the sound created by our... Read more

Labyrinth

Let us rise then today, with him who is risen. Let us believe in him so that we may see more than just surface and walls. Let us walk... Read more

Palms

We begin Holy Week with yet another lockdown. And so this Palm Sunday is a bit dissonant. The high notes of our hosannas are hesitant. We wave palms in... Read more

Healthy and Well

As we move towards Holy Week, how would you answer this question, sisters and brothers: besides atonement for the sins of the world, what else do you think our... Read more

Sundowning

Have you ever seen your aging parents sundown, sisters and brothers? How about you, have you ever sundowned? What were you yearning for, or whom? What did you fear... Read more

Incarnate Forever

The Incarnation, I keep telling my students, is not just a one-time-big-time day we peg on December 25. No; incarnating is God’s being and behavior. Incarnating is the total... Read more

Two Impossible Commandments

Today our Lord does hand us what is virtually an impossible commandment, but he also furnishes us with the means to achieve that end. As long as we keep... Read more

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