As the people of God, we are used to trying to imitate our Lord in all things. We strive to love as He loves; we try to teach as He teaches; to live where He lives and so much more. For the most part this is good and even required, but when it comes to creating we must act decidedly unlike God. For God, the Father of all, Creator of heaven and earth, creates by separating one thing from another. By distinguishing light from darkness, sea from sky, male from female, God the Fa

When it comes to the Christmas story many of us would be at a loss to describe it in any way that does not involve shepherds, a manger… …you know the scene surrounding the event at and around Bethlehem. But of course, there is another way to see the events we all cherish that in no way diminish the truthfulness of the nativity. And that way was and is described beautifully by St. John the Evangelist. Bringing us to the heights of heaven in Revelation 12, …he describes a visio

Benjamin and Jonah were playing tag in the house, (something they are not allowed to do by the way). And at one point Jonah lost track of his brother. So stopping Hannah who was busy arranging some keepsakes, Jonah asked, “Where’s Benjamin?” It was then that Benjamin reappeared to say one of the silliest things. Pointing down the hallway, he yelled with the utmost conviction, “He went that way!” My four year old Jonah had to think about it. Benjamin seemed to be right in fron