Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Ah, the memories. Who doesn’t like to talk about Snowmageddon, the 2010 series of winter storms during which Washington ground to a halt, or the June 2012 derecho that left millions… Continue reading The Things We Leave Behind
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The Quality of Mercy… and Gradualism
Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. For some of us, it’s the parable of the prodigal son. We’re the older brother, and we can’t stand that the father killed the fatted calf for that profligate, who wasted… Continue reading The Quality of Mercy… and Gradualism
Of Suffering and the Law
Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Oh, those silly learned people of Jesus’s time. In today’s Gospel reading from Luke 14, a man is suffering, possibly due to swelling in his legs and feet that could be… Continue reading Of Suffering and the Law
Compromise? Not Necessarily. Love? Absolutely.
Contention. It surrounds us. Whether it’s the upcoming elections or who should be quarterbacking our favorite football team or how the ebola situation is being handled, everyone’s got an opinion. Then, of course, there’s the recent Church extraordinary synod on the family. In all these instances, it sometimes seems the louder and more stridently we… Continue reading Compromise? Not Necessarily. Love? Absolutely.