Yesterday I drove to Indianapolis and back. The first 5 miles on the interstate I dialed back and forth between the 240+ stations on the satellite radio -- Christmas carols, Latin jazz, ESPN sports, CNN. Suddenly I hit the off button and said loudly, "Stop it." For the next 100+ miles I kept the radio offContinue reading "Quieting the wild steeds …a big challenge during Advent"
Be careful, Watch, Pray … the constant messages of Advent
Watching, praying, listening ... Garden of the Gods (Sept. 2009)In view of the coming of the Lord, there are 3 constant messages the Church always has considered during the weeks of Advent...1. Be careful how you live. Don't be caught off guard.2. Watch for his coming. It will come like a thief in the night.3. Continue reading "Be careful, Watch, Pray … the constant messages of Advent"
Embrace the Mystery of Advent … of life
German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer strongly encourages us to embrace the mysteries of life, not to fixate on the world of calculation and exploitation."...the final depth of all mystery is when two people come so close to each other they they love each other. Nowhere in the world does one feel the might of the mysteriousContinue reading "Embrace the Mystery of Advent … of life"
Dualing holiday billboards in New York City
The American Atheists have spent $20,000 on this billboard on the Jersey side of the Lincoln tunnel leading into New York City.The American Atheist Website explains its three purposes:1) To address those atheists who “go along to get along”, and to encourage them to come out of their closets2) To attack the myth that ChristianityContinue reading "Dualing holiday billboards in New York City"
The great and coming day of the Lord can make us happy!
When the Church historically spoke of the coming again of the Lord, it always thought of the the great day of judgment.During Advent it is good to spend time thinking about God coming in the midst of evil and in the midst of death. He judges the evil in the world, and he judges itContinue reading "The great and coming day of the Lord can make us happy!"
Not everyone can wait…
July 2010 ... Mt. Sinai (Waiting for the new day)Not everyone can wait, says German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, writing from a German prison in 1943... "The only ones who can wait are people who carry restlessness around with them and people who look up with reverence to the greatest in the world. Thus Advent canContinue reading "Not everyone can wait…"
Read the Scripture, exit this world, and go to a place
In the 1939 musical fantasy "The Wizard of Oz," the good witch Glinda tells Dorothy to click her heels together and think to herself, "There's no place like home."As she repeatedly chants "There's no place like home," suddenly she is back home with her Auntie Em and Uncle Henry. Dorothy tells her auntie and uncleContinue reading "Read the Scripture, exit this world, and go to a place"
The celebration of the invasion begins
Today begins Advent. It starts the fourth Sunday before Christmas. Advent means "coming." Today we officially begin the retelling of the great invasion, the day when General King-of-Kings, disguised as a helpless baby, came out of the hiding place Mary had prepared for him 9 months before.C.S. Lewis called the story of Christmas “The Invasion.”Continue reading "The celebration of the invasion begins"
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