Spirituality

This resource will feature weekly Sunday Reflections based on the readings from Sacred Scripture written by Ted Wolgamot, Psy.D. The readings are found in those cycles common to the Catholic Church, the Episcopal Church, and most mainstream Protestant churches. It will also include a blog written by a guest, articles of interest in the spiritual world, and books that have been found to be of special import.

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Election Anxiety

I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling a bit of election anxiety. I’m not crazy about either presidential candidate, to be honest, but using the standards of my faith, ...

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Do Believers Have Their Act Together?

I vividly recall when, as a kid, I learned that a priest who was popular nationally for his ultra-traditionalist, anti-Semitic radio broadcasts, was excommunicated by the Catholic Church for insisting ...

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Are We Becoming “Junkified?”

One of my favorite all-time Saturday Night Live characters was Debbie Downer, a fictional person created and portrayed by the show’s regular, Rachel Dratch. Debbie could always be counted on ...

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Can the Ordinary Become Extraordinary?

When I read gospel passages like the following from the Gospel of John – the whole of which was read in Catholic and other churches a few weeks ago – ...

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What Hiking and “Church” Have in Common

My wife, Amparo, and I were blessed over the Labor Day weekend by a visit from our son, Sean, his wife and two sons, aged 8 and 10. They live ...

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How Could God Possibly Love Us?

I don’t recall how, but I recently came across the above painting of St. Jerome by a 15th century Italian artist named Benvenuto Tisi da Garafalo. Being nearly illiterate in art, ...