…soul is the delicate yet durable cloth woven …
We live in a world that can seem very frightening. If we spend only a moment simply glancing at the headlines or listening to the sound-bytes in the mega-media, we are doused with an overwhelming barrage of news that can incite fear, loathing, anger, despair, and even worse, numbness and indifference. …
Location and movement are important. Life depends upon it. Where we are and how we move determines so much about our livelihood. The inability to move can be at times an impediment and perhaps at other times a blessing. Where we find ourselves and the freedom to move in given circumstances can be determined by so many different factors – culture, inheritance, privilege, domination – just to name a few.…
I recall years ago listening to a webcast conference themed “Everything Belongs,” when, one of the presenters told of an event that happened immediately after his last presentation. Someone in the audience approached him and explained how he felt that the presenter had “demonized” a particular political figure during the course of his talk. …
“There are times when, in a sudden flash, we see what treasures of goodness towards his fellow man lie hidden in the heart of man”[i] – Teilhard de Chardin, 1918
What makes us want to possess something? What is it within us that drives us to attempt to possess something or indeed someone? …
For many of us, the story of the Good Samaritan is possibly one of the most familiar parables that Jesus told in the Gospels. What solicits the storytelling from Jesus, according to Luke (LK 10: 25-37), was a “scholar of the law” who asked Jesus what must be done to inherit eternal life? …