Roots of Liberation,
Reflection from Richard Rohr, Sunday, June 24, 2018 One of the great themes of the Bible, beginning with the Hebrew Scriptures and continued by Jesus and Paul, is “the preferential option…
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The Word of God should intersect with the lives of God’s people, so they look around at what is happening in their community, think and act. The community then evaluates what they did so they could learn more. And then they celebrate.
Dear brothers and sisters, siblings in Christ, In the news, we have seen disturbing reports and pictures of children being taken from their parents and placed in detention centers by…
If our gospel is not “good news to the poor,” it is not the gospel of Jesus Christ
“Reclaiming Jesus: A Confession of Faith in a Time of Crisis” was signed by Fr. Richard Rohr and many other ministers this spring. He invites meditation on three of those affirmations:…
Behold: Our Christless Christianity
By Keith Giles Just in case you’re not paying attention, American Christianity is a Christless Christianity. We demand the Ten Commandments to be displayed in our courthouses, but we never…
Our Father
Our Father/Mother… who always stands with the weak, the powerless, the poor, the abandoned, the sick, the aged, the very young, the unborn, and those who, by victim of circumstance,…
Pope’s World Council of Churches visit takes on significance in divisive era: One-day June 21 trip for ecumenical unity includes historic Mass
Maryknoll Sr. Joan Delaney worked for the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity in the 1980s and was assigned to the staff of the World Council’s Commission on World Mission…
Bartolome de Las Casas: early reporter and convert on the terrible impact of the Doctrine of Discovery
One of the first known people to report on horrible treatment of Original Nations and Peoples by European settlers was Bartolome de Las Casas. This is from a quick overview of…
Brian McLaren and Richard Rohr are not afraid to say directly that it is time for us to acknowledge Christianity’s past fraught with imperialism and colonialism
A View from the Bottom, by Richard Rohr, Sunday, June 17, 2018 Jesus’ basic justice agenda was simple living, humility, and love of neighbor. We all have to live this way…
