“The bridegroom was delayed.” Of all the words in this strange and unsettling parable, I think those five may be the most important. The bridegroom was delayed. Everyone had gathered for a wedding. Ten bridesmaids, lamps in hand, ready to welcome the bridegroom and accompany him into the celebration. They knew what they were waiting […]

What is at the center of your life? Not what you would like to be at the center. Not what you think ought to be at the center. But what actually is. What receives your attention? What shapes your decisions? For What are you willing to sacrifice? What do you protect when you feel threatened? […]

There are passages of Scripture that comfort us, and there are passages that unsettle us. And sometimes, if we are willing to stay with them long enough, the unsettling passages may have more to teach us. Today’s Gospel is one of those passages. It begins with Jesus speaking about purity. The religious controversy of the […]