Dear family, Most of you, if not all of you, probably have sources of information that you trust regarding what the World Health Organization is now defining as the coronavirus pandemic. A pandemic does not mean that millions are dying across the planet. It means that a specific disease has crossed regional borders and is present...
This Spiritual Reflections column is scheduled for publishing in the Cook County News Herald on Saturday March 14, 2020. The gospel of Mark, filled as it is with eyewitness accounts of the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth, offers one very specific purpose: to provide essential supportive evidence—proof, if you will--that Jesus is the Christ,...
This post first appeared in the Cook County News-Herald Spiritual Reflections column, 3-7-2020. Metanoia. It’s an ancient Greek word with a contemporary impact. Metanoia is the noun. Metanoeo is the verb. Metanoia means “repentance” in English. We translate the verb with the word “repent.” The word means to have a change of self (heart and mind)...
Cook County News-Herald Spiritual Reflections for April 20, 2019 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he...