The issue of financial manipulation at the expense of others is a rampant problem. We read of CEOs embezzling funds, individuals overspending and then declaring bankruptcy, businesses charging high interest rates on credit cards. The kind of manipulative behavior of the dishonest steward in our Gospel this Sunday is not so uncommon. What is perhaps …
Tag Archive: self-giving
Aug 11
Ecumenical Servant Day
A day for Christians from four denominations to join in working together to help others. Mission sites in Akron, Canton, Cleveland, Lorain, and Youngstown 25 September 2010 Click here registration information: Ecumenical_Servant_Day_Registration Here is a website where you can register and pay online.
Jun 06
Two Fish, Five Loaves of Bread and Five Thousand for Dinner
Recently, there was a news item of strawberry farmers destroying good plants rather than picking the strawberries for market. It was cheaper to let the berries go to waste than to pick them. There was a public outcry, and rightly so. Weekly, I receive pamphlets of malnourished, starving citizens which demand a response from me. …
Mar 28
Father Into Your Hands I Commend My Spirit
For most of us, Holy Week unfolds like many other weeks: work, school, preparing meals, doing laundry. Palm Sunday begins an unusual week – a week – concentrated in a few days on the ultimate meaning of our lives. We are invited this week to reflect on these questions: Why are we here? What have …
Feb 21
To Be Tempted
It is said that certain items are “rust-proof.” Other things are billed as either “dust-proof” or “spill-proof” or “bullet-proof” or “child-proof” or “scratch-proof.” But here’s something which no human being ever has been or ever will be: “temptation-proof.” Temptations are luring. They present us with a seeming good we do not presently have but want. …