SALVATION STORY LEADING TO SCRIPTURE For the last month or so in homilies and articles we have been revisiting the basic story of Salvation. All people have been created by a loving Father God who wants us with Him for eternity. Then we were captured by the enemy, with our own free will as an … Continued
Happy Advent, everyone! Jesus comes–Christus adveniat. How does He come? He comes to us in three ways—in history, in mystery, and in majesty. In history, we see a chain of events unfold: —from the first pages of Genesis—>our creation —to our fall—>our captivity in sin —to Jesus’ entry into history in the Annunciation and in … Continued
Somebody once said to me, “If I could read your mind, it would be a short story.” So, when I was asked to write my faith story, I realized that at least my life is a long, long story. Following our German family tradition, I was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. However, our … Continued
My dad is an atheist and my mom was a fallen-away Catholic. Sadly, the early part of my story is not as unusual as I used to think. My mom had me Baptized when I was a toddler because that’s what you do with children and she had been Baptized in the Catholic Church. We … Continued
The first memory I have of God was when I was five, my older sister told me that God was stronger than Superman. I couldn’t believe this! “Is he even stronger than Under Dog?” “Yup, even stronger than Under Dog.” Wow! God revealed the mystery of his might through my sister. My Grandfather was a … Continued