Posts by Clara Santoro

Reflection The ancient writers of scripture interpreted their experience of God and creation from a patriarchal world view that still believed the earth was flat. The narratives they wrote were…

Reflection  We are called to be decisive but decisions bring consequences and they challenge us to move into commitments and responses that go with belonging to God. All commitments involve…

Reflection Who do you say that I am?Matthew 16:13–20 Here Jesus says, “Who do you say that I am?” What have you experienced? What have you personally discovered? What knowledge do you…

Reflection Sometimes we think that how we live our lives makes no difference. After all, there are so many others, so much involved on this planet of ours, what can…

Reflection There is incongruity between living by the letter of the law and by the spirit of it. We can lead a life in which all of our actions are…

Reflection Personalism is a philosophic tendency built on the infinite uniqueness and depth of each person. There is a depth, complexity and superabundance to each human personality that gives each…

Reflection To be hospitable, you need to accept pluralism as a natural condition in the world. Sometimes hospitality requires that we cross boundaries and dismantle some of the barriers erected…

Refection Openness is the door through which wisdom travels and contemplation begins. It is the pinnacle from which we learn that the world is much bigger, much broader than ourselves,…

Reflection We have become skilled at avoiding practically all interaction with those with whom we disagree…we have the ingredients for a culture polarized by the perception that we are good…