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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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

“You are the salt of the earth …. You are the light of the world.” “Let there be light.” The first words God ever spoke. Since the earliest of times, ...

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When Family Members Lose Faith

A recent story in USA Today says Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ family was reportedly upset by his comments about religion.  In an interview, Rodgers said religion was a ...


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Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

“Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign of contradiction ….” Lk 2:34 Everybody loves a story.  Children love ...

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What’s So Great about Being Poor?

The people with whom I worked as a priest in the altiplano of Bolivia in the 1970s were 98 percent indigenous. Subsistence farmers, they grew mostly potatoes, plus some quinoa ...


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The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

’Come after me and I will make you fishers of men.’ At once they left their nets and followed him.” (Mt. 4, 20) Following Jesus is costly.  It’s costly because ...

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Stressors and the Search for God

My father, Pat Carney, who died in 1995 at age 94, was in a nursing home his final couple of years. During that period, I spent a lot of time ...