Monthly Archives: January 2010

Freedom of the Press and Accountability

Posted on January 31, 2010 by

I was listening to National Public Radio and heard Audie Cornish’s interview,  Helen Thomas Marks 50 Years at the White House, with 89 year old Journalist Helen Thomas who was part of the White House press corps for many years. … Continue reading →

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Being the Prodigal Child

Posted on January 30, 2010 by

An excerpt from Luke 15:11-32,   “The Parable of the Prodigal Son” Then the Lord told this parable: “There was a man who had two sons; and the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of … Continue reading →

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God Questions His Creation: Introduction (A)

Posted on January 29, 2010 by

Foreword The first three chapters of the Book of Genesis, so Bishop Kallistos Ware tells us, were described by St. Gregory of Nyssa as “not so much history as ‘doctrines in the guise of narrative.’”   It is not whether the … Continue reading →

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Prophets & Scriptures: The Continued Presence of God’s Spirit

Posted on January 29, 2010 by

This is the 3rd blog in this series which began with  A Quest to Know What It Means To Be Human.    The 2nd blog was Genesis 6:3 and John 1:32-34.    The result of sin – the entrance of death … Continue reading →

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God Questions His Creation

Posted on January 28, 2010 by

God Questions His Creation:  A Look at Genesis 4-11 In the autumn of 2007 I decided to continue a project I had begun earlier in the year – writing a series of reflections on the Book of Genesis.  During Great … Continue reading →

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Chrysostom on the Scriptures

Posted on January 28, 2010 by

ALL SCRIPTURE IS INSPIRED BY GOD    (2 Timothy 3:16) Three quotes from St. John Chrysostom on  reading, listening to, or talking about the Scriptures: “The mouths of the inspired authors are the mouth of God, after all; such a mouth would … Continue reading →

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Genesis 6:3 and John 1:32-34

Posted on January 27, 2010 by

This is the 2nd blog in this series which began with A Quest to Know What It Means To Be Human.   In this blog I will present an anthropological question which intrigued me early on in my Christian sojourn.   In … Continue reading →

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Archbishop Job: In Memoriam – A Christian End to Our Life

Posted on January 26, 2010 by

“For a Christian end to our life, peaceful… let us ask of the Lord.”  A 40th Day Memoriam  I first encountered Archbishop Job in the 1970’s when he was still Fr. John of Black Lick, PA, at a youth retreat … Continue reading →

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A Quest To Know What It Means To Be Human

Posted on January 25, 2010 by

When I was a student at St. Vladimir’s Seminary in the mid-1970’s I had a great interest in understanding, “what does it mean to be human?”  I had started my college career as a chemistry major (and considered myself an … Continue reading →

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Sanctity of Human Life Sunday (2010)

Posted on January 24, 2010 by

  As we remember today the Sanctity of Human Life, I offer some thoughts from Walter Brueggemann taken from his book,  TEXTS UNDER NEGOTIATION: THE BIBLE AND POSTMODERN IMAGINATION.  In the mother’s womb, a miracle takes place – a child … Continue reading →

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