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Come to the Banquet!

Bible scholars have counted between thirty and fifty Gospel parables (depending on the definition of a parable they have used). Jesus did explain that even though they were simple stories they would be incomprehensible to those who chose not to believe … [To read more, click on title]

Posted bySt Francis Webguy15th Oct 202318th Oct 2023Posted inReflectionsTags:banquet, chosen, parables, Word for Today

Who do I say that I am?

Did you notice that Jesus turned his theological question into a personal query? “Who do you say that I am?”
… Perhaps it is easier to turn the question around and ask ourselves “Who do I say that I am?” … [To read more, click on title]

Posted bySt Francis Webguy27th Aug 202329th Aug 2023Posted inReflectionsTags:friendship, seeds

For once, a good news story

I saw this gentleman, Tim, in Boston’s Logan Airport with the sister he’d been visiting. It appeared he was both deaf and blind, as I observed her signing into his hand for him to feel her words. When he came aboard the plane he had been assigned the middle seat of my row … [To read more, click on title]

Posted bySt Francis Webguy23rd Aug 2023Posted inBlogsTags:blind, deaf, dyslexia, sign languageLeave a comment on For once, a good news story

God’s Call to Love

The lived experience of God’s love is an experience of grace, overwhelming beauty, and unbelievable mercy … To live in that love means to live in grace, to be gracious and merciful to others. It means extending to others forgiveness and approval and acceptance … [To read more, click on title]

Posted bySt Francis Webguy20th Aug 202326th Aug 2023Posted inReflectionsTags:exclusion, inclusion, prophets

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