If I Were You
If I Were You (Lyrics and Music by Wayne Watson, 1999, “Field of Souls”) If I were You, if I ran this placeThere wouldn’t be no mercy, noThere wouldn’t be no graceAnd people that wander off and go astrayI’d make real sure that they would payYeah, that’s what I’d do if I were You And…
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Care for the Weak
Those of us who follow Jesus know that we live by grace. The reality is that all of us, Christian, agnostic, and atheist, are people who do wrong. No matter how hard we try, we regularly miscommunicate, hurt other people, are prejudiced toward certain people, are driven by sexual motives, selfish motives, and greedy motives.…
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Advocacy
In the eighth chapter of the Gospel of John, we read of a woman caught in sin. The religious authorities bring her to Jesus to judge her. He does challenge her, but first he acts as her advocate. Hugh Halter in The Tangible Kingdom (p.45), has this to say about the passage: ”The powerful revelation…
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Wisdom of God
Seamus O’Regan is an MP for St. John’s South, Mount Pearl. On St. Patrick’s Day of this year he made some statements about refugees in Canada. Now, whatever I may think of Seamus O’Regan, and I would not agree with everything he says, here, I think he makes a good point. He reminded us that…
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Revolution
“Caritas” The Seven Acts of Mercy, pen and ink drawing by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1559.[1] If every one of us, every day, does a work of mercy, there will be a revolution in the world! Pope Francis on Twitter 2016-11-15 The traditional seven acts of mercy include: feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty,…
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