Nevertheless
I’m imagining myself sitting with a movie producer, presenting my treatment of today’s Gospel passage* for adaptation into a short film. It’s a story, I’d tell him, about a massive crowd of people who have lost their way, and one apparently insignificant woman on whom our gaze will rest at the movie’s end. It’s an […]
Or Would You Rather Be Free?
This time*, as Jesus’ core disciples miss the mark again, Jesus has been offering some of the deepest wisdom he has to convey. They need to really understand that the powers of this world, when confronted with the fullness of God’s love and justice, will so much prefer to keep their power that they will […]
Bringing Jesus Along
I’ve never shared this story before: it comes from the tomboy contemplative I was when I was young. Back then, Missouri nights tended to be oppressively hot and humid, and there were few ways to escape the swelter. My father would take the family on car rides, so at least we’d all feel some breeze […]
Resisting Love
There is a story near the beginning of Gregory Boyle’s wonderful book, Tattoos of the Heart, that moved me deeply. In the account, Father Greg is getting to know Rigo, a 15-year-old young man he’s visiting in prison, and he asks Rigo about his mother. “That’s her over there,” Rigo points. “There’s no one like her. […]