homily

February 6, 2022

Homily: But At Your Command

Imprisoned by the Nazis, he didn’t have even a year left to live.
February 13, 2022

Homily: Blessing or Woe

“There are two Ways: a Way of Life and a Way of Death, and the difference between these two Ways is great.”[1]
February 20, 2022

Homily: Love, Faith and Guts

The love Jesus is talking about—let’s be clear upfront—will result in suffering and maybe even death; it will lead to unpopularity and scorn and in some instances physical harm.
February 27, 2022

Homily: A Ukrainian Lent

As Churchill called it, “the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime”—new entries are being written in it.[1] Everyday all over the world, we add to it, of course; but not in Europe, not in this way, what we’ve seen this week, for a very long time.
March 6, 2022

Homily: Dealing With The Devil

As far as I know, the devil told the truth only once, centuries ago in the dark deserts of Egypt.
March 13, 2022

Homily: The Ministry of Warning

Two days after Hitler became chancellor of Germany, 1 February 1933, a young theologian and college chaplain (not yet 27), named Dietrich Bonhoeffer, gave an address on the radio entitled, “The Younger Generation’s Changed View of the Concept of the Führer.”