Leadership: Self-Giving Service
Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 151 Jesus is giving a lesson about leadership and authority. He is telling us to claim no source of authority except God. Authority in…
Call no man Father
Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 151 Call no man Father. Let’s knock this one out before we try to go any further. The scriptures today have other important lessons,…
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Comparison is the Thief of Joy
25th Sunday of Ordinary time, Lectionary: 133 Comparison is the thief of joy. Nobody knows who said it first, but it’s certainly true. Many things are joy-robber: Anger and Bitterness;…
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Encouraging Intrinsic Motivation
A friend and colleague reached out with a question that encouraged me to reflect on how to encourage intrinsic motivation in myself and others. This is highly relevant to my…
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Soil and seed – becoming the word of God
Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (A): Lectionary 106 Last week, we Jesus told a parable about the sower and the seed. When his disciples asked about the meaning, Jesus explained…