Rich's Ruminations

“Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness: t...

I’ve been preaching a series of sermons this summer on The Five Marks of Mission. Today we get to number five, the last in this series. But ...

“When I feed the hungry, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist.” This quote has been attributed to ...

The mission of the Church is the mission of Christ. Full stop. We, the Church, are entrusted with continuing the work that Jesus began. We ...

My apologies: I promised the faithful at St. Michael's that I'd publish the five sermons for the series on the marks of mission and ...