Featured Sunday Reflections
Inclusive Faith
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jesus is addressing us as he speaks to the Canaanite woman of great faith. He remains silent as the woman pleads for pity and healing for her tormented daughter, in order to hear how we will respond to the cry of someone we label as an 'outsider'. Often we lose patience with such people and even beg God to remove them away from us. But Christ is showing us that those 'others' deserve healing and love as well. May we learn a great deal about faith from others and extend the same compassion and mercy as Jesus did.
Podcast
The 1 Christian 1 Topic podcast highlights the many Christian voices and their work in these one-on-one interviews. We cover one topic with one guest spanning various people and topics like music, art, writing and more.
The Prodigal Bible Talk (Luke 15:11-32)
Conversation with Angelo Kurbanali
"we can all have different perspectives but it's all, it's all still saying 'yes' to God, right, like, we can have vastly different interpretations but we aren't saying 'no' to God."
For Love of the Broken Body
Book Conversation with Sr. Julia Walsh
"The arc of my book, as I crafted it is to show that we are all blessed, broken, and shared"
Reaching College Students
Being Present: Interview with Fr. John Paul Forté
"And so I think the thing that I discovered very, very quickly was that you have to be present to people and to kind of see what they need"
Bible Verse Reflections
God's Word in the scripture verses is powerful. Every verse can hold significant truth if we allow ourselves to meditate on them. Sometimes all it takes is one scripture verse to impact us and feed our mind and soul. Meditate on any of the following posts and grow deeper in your faith and understanding.
Scripture Conversation
Envy is not of God, Mercy is
A conversation on Isaiah 55:6-9 and Matthew 20:1-16
"The point of all the gospels is Jesus telling us something about God so rather than saying 'I get it, those guys that were hired at dawn,' instead I make myself say 'okay, but what is Jesus letting us know about God now in this?'"
Seeing Jesus Past the Storms
A conversation on 1 Kings 19:9, 11-13 and Matthew 14:22-33
"Whatever our great fear is, God is greater. Whatever we can imagine and try to limit God to be, God is greater. God exists beyond that and that can be terrifying to know how limited our minds and thoughts can be and how grand God is."
How to Uncover God's Hidden Treasure
A conversation on 1 Kings 3:5, 7-12 and Matthew 13:44-52
"To receive divine wisdom we have to acknowledge our limitations, suppress our ego, and be open to receive God. No matter our knowledge or possessions, we cannot compare to God."