As living and sacred words, the scriptures live anew for us in every given moment and phase of our lives. To read the words from Maccabees this morning is to experience from our own perspective the problem of faithfulness and syncretism. What our immigrant grandparents so valued and longed to enter into, the “melting pot” of American culture, is for us who attempt to hold to a gospel faith an increasing experience of inner and outer conflict. In practice we sacrifice on a daily basis our lives to the cultural values of competition, consumption, and commerce, while relegating our relationship…[read more]
And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he is made manifest we may have confidence, and not be driven from him by shame at his arrival. 1 John 2:28 And he avowed, and did not deny, and confessed that: “I am not the Anointed. And they asked him “What then? Are…[read more]
Thus, I aspire to proclaim the Gospel not where Christ has already been named, so that I do not build on another’s foundation, but as it is written: “Those who have never been told of him shall see, and those who have never heard of him shall understand.” Romans 15:20-21 Although it is somewhat painful…[read more]
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