Deep Calls to Deep 008-A Proposal of Counter-Intuitive Proportions
A Proposal of Counter-Intuitive Proportions I comment on a quotation from Annie Dillard most often used to confirm the view that we don[t get what’s going on at Mass: “If we only knew the Mystery we encounter in liturgy…” Well, here’s a second opinion…
Roc Homily-First Sunday of Lent 2015
First Sunday of Lent 2015 (Cycle B) Mark 1:12-15 “And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him…”
007-The Case of the “Interested Listener”
The Case of the “Interested Listener.” No, not a Perry Mason episode. Really. It has to do with our relationship to the Word we hear precisely as those who are ‘interested’ in protecting our way of life and preserving our very identity! How might this reality affect our presence to Christ in liturgy?
006-Origins of IMOS
006 – Origins of IMOS The God-given gift of having some facility with languages early in my life encountered suffering and boredom and led me to seek an adequate translation of both scripture and liturgy. Can the liturgy speak to the real lives of adults who suffer? who are bored? Here’s a brief story of what led […]
005-An address to the adults
Adult Discipleship: What might it look like? (IMOS) I apologize for being a tad harsh in my judgment about adult Christians. However, this raises the question about the criteria we use to name them such. I propose that an adult disciple would lead from her weakness, know her status as a beloved sinner, rely on […]
Introduction & Overview: Welcome!
Intro & Overview: Welcome to this series of video commentaries on this, my first book, “In the Midst of Our Storms.” I intend these first to fill out the fundamental insights that led me to write it and secondly to delve more deeply into the matter of each chapter in IMOS. Thank you for your interest… so […]
Deep Calls to Deep 