BP 248 “Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in…

BP 247 “Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name; by the greatness of…

BP 246 Are two-year-olds cute and demanding? Do they say I love you and I hate you? Will they listen to you one moment and later throw their peas on…

BP 245 “Take care lest you forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes, which I command you today, lest, when you have…

BP244 “See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; that no one…

BP 243 “Another of the disciples said to him, ‘Lord, let me first go and bury my father.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own…

BP 242 Are we alone in the universe? Are we humans the only creatures who exist with the intellect and language and ability to “know” one another? Are we bereft…

BP 241 [This post is a bit of a reprise on an earlier post that includes quotes from Irvin D. Yalom but with added material] “While there is no solution…

BP 240 “Can you be a Christian who struggles with homosexual desire and struggles faithfully in the Lord? Absolutely. And if people are being honest, everybody is struggling with something…

BP 239 “Sometimes, the most profound things are expressed in silence” ~ Louise Erdrich “Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart” ~ Phyllis McGinley “Silence and isolation…