Dave Buerstetta on striving to do justice and love others while walking humbly with God
I was thrilled that we had a full room watching The Line last week. Plenty of discussion going on in small groups afterwards, too. After the small group discussion time, I asked for people willing to share some of what they discussed regarding three questions: What in the film surprised you? What did you learn …
Continue reading “I’m not just sitting back waiting for somebody to hand me something.”
I'm sure you've seen this by now, but this is too funny not to share. Plus, I imagine it is the one and only pro-Romney message I can endorse. Happy Halloween!
What is salvation? Father Richard Rohr offers this fascinating take: God-in-you already knows, loves, and serves God in everything else. All you can do is fully jump on board. I would call that jump consciousness, and I believe the Risen Christ is the icon of full consciousness. In the human mind of Christ, every part …
I love my wife. I love our daughter. I love my mom. I love my aunts. I love my cousins. I love my sisters-in-law. I love our niece. I loved my grandma. I love my friends. I love my parishioners. I love my neighbors. I love the scores and scores of teachers, doctors, clerks, nurses, …
“If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,’ and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that?” It was just a few weeks ago that we read in worship those …
More wise words from Father Richard Rohr. Reading his daily meditations helps me root each day in scripture, in truth, in God's love. All of Jesus’ guidance for ministry, his seeming “tips for the road,” are very concrete and interpersonal. They are all about putting people in touch with specific people, and especially with people’s …
Mike Szczepaniak was a big guy, tall and strong. A football player and a carpenter. A husband and a father. As big and strong as he was physically, his kind and gentle heart was even bigger. I know that sounds like the worst cliché ever. I don't care. Every cliché has roots in truth and …
More wisdom from St. Francis via Father Richard Rohr: Overcoming the split of the mind from the body was probably easier for St. Francis because he wasn’t an intellectual. He was almost anti-intellectual because he saw what it did to so many clergy. They couldn’t touch reality anymore. They confused words with reality. Don’t fall …
Here's my sermon from Sunday (October 7). As I'm sure you've figured out, I called it "Eat This Bread...For a Stronger, Kinder Faith: Redefining Liturgy, part 2." Part 1 was last week. Part 3 drops next week (October 21) at our Evening Worship. Again, this sermon was inspired and informed by my reading of Brian …
The Feast of Saint Francis was this week. I don't think I've ever met someone who didn't like Francis. I mean, really, who doesn't love him? (Well, I suppose war mongers and gnostics don't. But I don't think I've ever encountered anyone who openly self-identifies either way.) The famous prayer of peace attributed to Francis …
All That I Can't Leave Unsaid 