Pope Francis’ first homily was said off-the-cuff, in Italian and featured three simple points: walk in the light of Christ, build up the church, confess. The line that has seemed to be most quoted has been this one: When...
Read MoreIn the days leading up to the papal conclave which just concluded, I became a bit dismayed by the intense, wall to wall media coverage of the event because of two of the forces driving this coverage. The first is our celebrity-...
Read MoreMy head is spinning. Just want to get a two things out there… First, we have a humble Pope. Consider: Took the papal motto: “Lowly but Chosen” “May God forgive you,” he jokingly told cardinals after his...
Read MoreThe Roman Catholic church has its first non-European pope: Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, now to be known as Pope Francis I. He was elected the 266th successor to St. Peter and leader of the world’s 1.2...
Read MoreSmall children are not the only ones who routinely confuse the word “adultery” with “idolatry.” Even though I presume they know the difference, students in my Intro Bible course often mistakenly use one for the other. Whether it...
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