Thus the heavens and the earth and all their array were completed. On the seventh day God completed the work he had been doing; he rested on the seventh day from all the work he had undertaken. God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he Read more…
Sunday evening I had a delightful experience attending and addressing the Salmon Peoples at the International Indigenous Salmon Seas Symposium at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. This was a gathering of Native peoples from the Salish Sea, Alaska, and Russian Far East. This was a concluding event of a symposium Read more…
The global pandemic has claimed millions of human lives. In addition, it has revealed clearly flaws in our society that need a closer look and remedial attention so we can build a better home for every member of the human family. All of us can see an increase of human Read more…
The past few weeks have provided numerous opportunities to be with God’s holy, faithful people in ways that give me pause for gratitude for the great grace granted me to proclaim the riches of Christ. Another source of gratitude is the faith which I see in and experience through the Read more…
Last year a group of young priests went hiking and posted a picture on social media. I responded that they needed to invite me the next time. So, today I tagged along, and what a beautiful, picture-perfect day it has been! I’m impressed by the dedication to build priestly fraternity Read more…
As a people created by God to be one human family, we are called to conversion on many levels; spiritual, human, even ecological. (That may be a new word for many!) As readers of this blog know, I have a long-standing love for nature, a great appreciation for finding Read more…
Nature has always been a place of graced encounter with the Creator. The human person, as one created by God, is also the only part of creation upon whom God bestows his own image and likeness. Thus it follows that a truly graced place of encounter with God is precisely Read more…
It can be hard to understand some of the sayings of Jesus. What does he mean when he says “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.”? One can only begin to understand this by encountering the person of Jesus and growing in relationship with Jesus. Certainly, my life Read more…
In these recent days, I have been taking time for rest and relaxation. For months, people have been encouraging me to take advantage of all that Alaska has to offer, and that is what I am doing in these days. As you hopefully know, one of the great wonders of Read more…
While much of the country remains under a heat dome, I escaped the city of Cheyenne yesterday to travel to Snowy Range, west of Laramie, for a hike near the summit. We started hiking around 9:30am, and the temperature had not yet reached 70 degrees. As you can see from the pictures, Read more…