Author Archives: Pastor Jim McWhinnie

Friday, April 6, 2018 Why is it that that some extremes of Christianity seem to become so un-Christ-like? “Lovingkindness and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth springs from the earth and righteousness looks down … Continue reading →

Thursday, April 5, 2018 “Nevermore!” declares the raven of Edgar Allen Poe, “Nevermore!” At this stage of my spiritual maturity, I say to certain distortions of the Gospel, “Nevermore!”  Much in the manner of a recovering alcoholic or a recovering … Continue reading →

April 5, 2018 What is meant by the idea of the “Holy Life”? “God has made everything beautiful in its time. God has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from … Continue reading →

April 4, 2018 As I take in the vista spread out before me of the Sacred Hills of Jade, I notice how the hills more distant are of a fainter shade of blue. The mist that goes unnoticed in the … Continue reading →

Wednesday, April 4, 2018 How do we Love Christ? “On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the Mary Magdalene and the other women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb in … Continue reading →

April 3, 2018 CONQUEST, COLONIZATION, OR CHRIST-IFICATION For so many decades, for so many centuries, missionaries from European Christendom alloyed their Christian evangelism with their European culture.  Either by way of the Christian conquistadors or the Christian colonialists, the indigenous … Continue reading →

April 3, 2018 What does one do when life brings you into limiting circumstances? And He said to them, “Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a … Continue reading →

April 2, 2018 OUR TIME OF DAILY SELF-EXAMINATION In our Ignatian Spirituality, so named after the founder of the Jesuits Ignatius of Loyola, we daily examine our lives through the questions known as the Daily Examen. The five steps in … Continue reading →