What makes a family?
We tend to think biology matters, and matters very much—except when we don’t.
Season after Pentecost | 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19; Psalm 24; (Amos 7:7-15; Psalm 85:8-13;) Ephesians 1:3-14; Mark 6:14-29
The Dakota Access pipeline poses a threat to indigenous people. Their resistance poses tough questions for all of us.
2 Samuel by Robert Barron
Robert Barron’s grasp of the complex development of David’s character in 2 Samuel is unsurpassed. And his references to history and literature are more than adornment.
Christians didn’t baptize Aldo Leopold’s land ethic after the fact. They got there years before his work.
Perhaps there is a connection we shouldn't miss between David's dancing with all his might--uninhibited, unclad, unaware of disapproval--and the generosity with which he blesses and distributes food to all the people. Both are extravagant gestures that turn love into action, withholding nothing.