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Focus on God and NOT on You
Tip of the day: Take 15 minutes to read the Bible today. In the first 5 minutes read both Jeremiah 7:23-28 and Luke 11:14-23. In the next 5 minutes pick one verse that strikes you and think about it the last 5 minutes to figure out one concrete way you will follow up on that verse. Verse of the day: Bible Readings for Thursday of the Third Week of Lent Reflection of the day: Thanks to the printing press the Bible became the all-time bestseller. I haven’t yet seen the comps on the e-version or social media fronts. It’s o.k. that the Bible doesn’t top Beyonce’s prego…
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It’s more than the Clippers & Donald Sterling; it’s about you, me and all the rest of us
#155370737 / gettyimages.com Racism has once again made ugly headlines because of the remarks by Clippers owner, Donald Sterling. Much has been rightly said. These remarks are unacceptable, ignorant, wrong, bad, degrading, etc… Many others can be added, but these make the point. I can reinforce from our Catholic perspective that treating and speaking about any race or ethnicity in a degrading and inferior way violates our core belief that each and every person is made in the image and likeness of God and worthy of dignity and respect. Now that the NBA Commissioner has announced his decision, there might be a tendency to consider the case closed or to…