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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The Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

“The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few…. Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons” Mt. (9:37 and 10:8) Blase Cupich, a Cardinal who serves ...


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The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

 “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever.” Jn. 6:51 In 1594, Italian renaissance artist Jacopo Tintoretto, completed a masterpiece named The ...


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Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

“… The love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given us.” Romans, 5:5 There’s a story that’s told about an ...

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The Problem with Religious Language

After I had been a writer at the Des Moines Register for several years, the editor came to my desk one day to ask me to become the medical/health-care reporter. ...

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Wanting “the Best”

Rachel Connolly recently wrote a column in the New York Times called “The Tyranny of the Best.” “There is a kind of person who finds the idea of seeking out ...

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Why Bad Things Happen

My brother-in-law, Jose Mario Botero, recently took a terrible fall down a spiraling, steel staircase in his home in Medellín, Colombia. It resulted in a massive head injury, and he ...