Of all the lines written and spoken about Christianity, the words of St. Athanasius always speak to me: “God became human so that humans could become God.”

We are made in the image and likeness of God. And God came to earth in the person of Christ to remind us of who we are, and to empower us to live like God.

You and I live in what any previous generation would call an age of miracles.

I suggest that we take some time in prayer to thank God for our various healing professions. I hope we will see them as expressions of God’s healing love and power.

By the time this article appears, our friends, the cicadas, will have gone.

Happiness is putting God first, and letting everything else go. I can’t say I have always done that, but I know that is the secret of happiness.

I invite you to celebrate this anniversary of my ordination by inviting God into the silence of your life, by reading the Scriptures and sharing in the Eucharist.

None of us can pull ourselves out of the grave. But Jesus could. And so we put our faith in Him. Fear of death is normal. With human eyes we can only see a life ended.

The struggle for power and domination has gone on for centuries, but women save the world by ruling the heart. And in so doing, they will save the world.

Chaos and violence are the marks of darkness. Compassion and care are the marks of love.