No Ordinary Revolution

No Ordinary Revolution

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereBenigno Aquino’s family and friends begged him not to return to Manila. As the exiled leader of the opposition movement to Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, he had already been imprisoned for over...
No More of This

No More of This

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereThe late theologian Walter Wink called it the Myth of Redemptive Violence.It is the belief “that violence saves, that war brings peace, that might makes right. It is one of the oldest continually...
The Christian Emperor

The Christian Emperor

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each day this Lent we’re looking at major “turning points” in Christian history – moments or seasons in which the story of God’s people took an important and often unexpected turn.  Each day this Lent...
Guy’s Big Day

Guy’s Big Day

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Imagine a national holiday named for a convicted criminal – a guy whose big moment was actually a big failure. His name was Guido Fawkes.  His alias was John Johnson.  But he’s better known by his nickname, Guy. ...
Jesus and the Sword

Jesus and the Sword

For the four weeks leading up to and going beyond Easter, we’re looking at the life of Peter.  Because he’s so often at the center of both the brightest and darkest moments in the Gospels, he has always been a source of hope and inspiration for those endeavoring...