What kind of god would allow this suffering, this virus, this inconvenience, this social disarray, this economic plunge, this pandemic, this fear, this death?  Who is this god, and what power does he really wield?

We have asked for this by our immorality, by our disobedience.…

Years back, while in Puebla, Mexico, we were able to visit the Great Pyramid of Cholula, the largest known pyramid in the world today.  From a distance, it appears to be a large natural hill.  The Church of Our Lady of Remedies sits on top of the pyramid ‘hill’ built in the 16^th century by the Spanish. …

The Enneagram is a useful tool in trying to see what an individual may be focusing on or engaging in when they are not really living in the present moment.   There are nine points on the enneagram, each corresponding to a particular way in which one may behave or divert energy instead of being present.  …

From Mount Hor the children of Israel set out on the Red Sea road, to bypass the land of Edom. But with their patience worn out by the journey, the people complained against God and Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food or water?…

I recall years ago how the pastor at my parish opened his homily by telling us “We are here in the scripture story…this story is about us…”As we move into the last full week of Lent, the Scriptures truly are speaking directly into the experience of our lives in a way that can be unsettling, challenging, but most importantly – Excitingly hopeful.…