A sermon on the two directions of mercy. If Christians were better at answering the question, “who is my neighbor?” our world would be a different place, wouldn’t it?
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On Getting Knocked Off Our Horses
The persecution complex, to me, is problematic for Christians. Don’t tell me you are persecuted when you are simply trying to defend your practice of discrimination. Don’t tell me you’re persecuted because you believe you should be free to ignore the rights and needs of the oppressed.
Thomas, Francis, and the Mystical Way
I don’t buy that Thomas was a doubter. I think he was a mystic, a mystic like Pope Francis. Pope Francis was a voice, yes, but he also ways a way-shower. He showed us this way of Jesus time and again. I wish more Catholics, more Christians, were like Francis.
Practice Resurrection
Practicing resurrection means remembering that though cruel tyrants may hold sway from time to time over politics, they do not have to control our minds, our hope, our imaginations.
Mike Angell 