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May 23, 2010

GOD’S INTERACTION WITH THE WORLD – XV May 23, 2010

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Dear People Whom God Loves, GOD’S INTERACTION WITH THE WORLD – XV We end this series of columns with hope. Hope that is based on the never-ending faithfulness of Love (that we name God). The world and the universe as we know them will come to an end. This is the conclusion of science. Our […]

May 16, 2010

GOD’S INTERACTION WITH THE WORLD – XIII May 16, 2010



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Dear People Whom God Loves, GOD’S INTERACTION WITH THE WORLD – XIII What is prayer? How does it work? Prayer is mysterious, but we can get some limited understanding of it. I pray for several reasons. One is that Jesus prayed and encouraged us to pray. I know of no one wiser than Jesus in […]

May 9, 2010

PRAYER AND OUR IMAGE OF GOD May 9, 2010



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Dear People Whom God Loves, Prayer and Our Image of God The poem below struck me as deeply insightful. I have difficulty understanding poetry and am totally incapable of writing poetry. I invite you to read and ponder over it. When you have done that, then read what it says to me. The poem is […]

April 25, 2010

GOD’S INTERACTION WITH THE WORLD — XII April 25, 2010

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Dear People Whom God Loves, GOD’S INTERACTION WITH THE WORLD — XII Continuing with our reflection on the Incarnation. This is why we speak of God saving us and Jesus saving us. This Is the healing power of Love working in us. This is love freely giving himself. That is why we call salvation grace. […]

April 18, 2010

GOD’S INTERACTION WITH THE WORLD – XI April 18, 2010

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GOD’S INTERACTION WITH THE WORLD – XI On Christmas we celebrate the Incarnation. This doctrine points to our belief as Christians that God actually lived a human life in the human being Jesus. The early Christians had their mind bending experiences, that in the experience of the risen Jesus, they were actually in contact with […]

April 12, 2010

GOD’S INTERACTION WITH THE WORLD – X April 11, 2010

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Dear People Whom God Loves, GOD’S INTERACTION WITH THE WORLD – X We have discussed that our world is not set up as a machine. Everything is not determined. Part of the law of nature is that-along with the stable and unchangeable-there is the unpredictability of the free process of the non-human nature and the […]

April 4, 2010

WHAT DOES EASTER MEAN? April 4, 2010

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Dear People Whom God Loves, WHAT DOES EASTER MEAN? St. Paul writes that if Jesus is not risen, our faith is in vain. Strong words. Let us see if we can understand what he is saying. Jesus’ disciples were devastated by his crucifixion. This Jesus whom they admired so much was put to death by […]

March 28, 2010

GOD’S INTERACTION WITH THE WORLD – IX March 28, 2010

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Dear People Whom God Loves, GOD’S INTERACTION WITH THE WORLD – IX In our discussion of the problem of evil, we last looked at moral evil. We now turn to natural evil. Natural evil is evil that is not caused by humans. For example, hurricanes, earthquakes, diseases, the dead ends of evolution. As an aside. […]

March 14, 2010

GOD’S INTERACTION WITH THE WORLD – VII March 14, 2010

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Dear People Whom God Loves, GOD’S INTERACTION WITH THE WORLD – VII Perhaps the thorniest question that religious believers face and which causes many people to doubt or totally not believe in God is the problem of evil. The problem is this. If God is active in the world and is so good and powerful, […]

February 28, 2010

GOD’S INTERACTION WITH THE WORLD – VI February 28, 2010

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Dear People Whom God Loves, GOD’S INTERACTION WITH THE WORLD – VI Last time we started to look at miracles. We will now look at the way that God works in and through nature and is not interrupting the natural process. We speak of God as Love. Indeed…as self-emptying Love. Love allows freedom and stability. […]

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