The German poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote in his Letters to a Young Poet, “…have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and…try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you [...]
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Living With Questions
Posted in Bible study, Homilies, Lectionary, Lent on February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Why do chameleons change color?
Posted in Bible, Bible study, Old Testament, Scripture on May 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We look to the stories and mythology of our culture for answers to the big questions about life: How did we get here? Why are we here? What do we learn from the stories of our past? How do we shape the stories of our future? For Jews and Christians, the Bible is the [...]
Synod on the Word of God
Posted in Bible, Bible study, Scripture on April 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s the rare Friday evening that I curl up with a Vatican document, but I suspect I’ll be doing just that today. The Vatican released the Lineamenta for the upcoming world synod of bishops today. They missed the feast of St. Mark by two days. That would have been a nice touch. More when [...]
