Author: Alan Hommerding
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Creation, Day Four: The Rhythms of Life
Perhaps it is time to realize that we are truly made in the image of God the Organizer, and God the Rhythm-Giver.
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Unfamiliar Fishes – Culture – Evangelization
History shows us that human rites and religions get old patterns set very deeply in their bones—which is both a strength and weakness.
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Happy (?) Anniversary!
[T]here were some who were certain the translation would drive people from the pews in droves, while others were filled with an equal amount of certitude that its language would bring numerous members back.
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Review: The Parish Book of Chant
The prayer of the Church, however, remains central and crucial at every time, and so—even if filed away for a future day—we need to keep evaluating the resources we offer people for sung prayer.
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Pentecost: Feast of the Verbification
Perhaps this in-Spirit-ing feast of Pentecost can give the Body of Christ the Voice of the Spirit to oppose, address, and work to end the insane divisions and violence that come from differences in language, race, nationality, and ways of life.
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A Wounded Good Shepherd
After Easter II is over, the glorious wounds of Christ sort of vanish from our Easter celebrations. It’s almost as though we believe that the Resurrection erased the Crucifixion.
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Blessed, Believing Thomas
Blessed are you, Believing Thomas, in whom we often see our twin: absent, defiant, demanding, accepting, faith-filled.
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Lenting Hard . . . or Hardly Lenting?
I’ve mistaken my relatively consistent faithfulness to Lenten disciplines as truly “Lenting” during that forty-day stretch of life.
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Fasting, Then Feasting
The Word became flesh, and came to dwell among us.