Month: July 2025

Jesus is asked by the disciples to teach them to pray. And he responds, with a word so brief we might miss it, with a challenge more piercing than we are prepared to face, “When you pray…”  When. Not if you pray, not if you believe in the power of prayer, not if you can…

What is it you have wanted to do with your time, your talents, your passions, your treasure? Maybe you are like Martha. Your calling, your vocation, has been to serve others in a way that is practical, necessary, culturally acceptable, and commendable, even by Jesus himself, when he declares in the Gospel that “the greatest…

Six years ago today, at 10:09pm, the Baltimore Sun published a day of articles[i] about announced immigration raids in the Baltimore area. The subject centered on Governor Larry Hogan’s hesitance on taking a position on the contentious issue. Our governor at the time, a centrist Republican, had been successful in demonstrating support and concern for…

If you’re like me, then you can have no trouble imagining all kinds of people with whom you would not want to spend any time. You can imagine individuals who have hurt you, who have offended you, who have insulted you. You can even imagine entire groups of people, people you do not know, people…