Author | Vagabond Preacher | Lover of the Poor | Grandpa
"Beat it! The country's full!" Full of what? "Today consumerism determines what is important. Consuming relationships, consuming friendships, consuming religions, consuming, consuming... We have turned our society into a huge multicultural showcase tied only to the tastes of certain 'consumers', while so many others only 'eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table'.” Pope …
Continue reading "Confronting Compulsive Consuming (Part 3)"
In Part 1 I introduced some thoughts, based on the familiar story of Jesus’ feeding of the 5000, about what I consider to be his typical way of feeding hungry people. The disciples wanted him to “send them away!” but fortunately he had a better idea, which I believe was more than unique to …
Besides the resurrection, I bet you don’t know which of Jesus’ miracles made it into all four gospels! OK, my title gave it away, but would you have guessed it if I had called it “Jewish Boy Loses His Lunch” or “Give All You Got and Get More Than You Had” or something of …
No, I’m not converting to Catholicism, praying to Mary, or going to confession; but for the last year or so I’ve been going down the street to Mission Dolores Church during the week to pray and read the Word. It’s a peaceful refuge from the din of my crowded urban neighborhood in San Francisco and …
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[As you can see, this is a multi-post theme and if you might find it helpful to begin at the beginning.] Here are three more things that distinguish an Outer Circle Church. An Outer Circle Church runs after the poor, not away from them. I have some urban missionary friends who recently moved their house …
