By Bishop Gerald R. Barnes
“No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the kingdom of God.”
The Lord Jesus challenges us in Luke’s Gospel to focus on what lies before us rather than on the familiarity of what has happened to us in the past.
By Bishop Gerald Barnes
In these summer months we have been faced with several reports in the national and international news of misconduct by Church leaders in the area of sexual abuse.
The revelations of misconduct and negligence in protecting both youth and adults from harm point to serious moral failures in the institutional Church.
By Bishop Gerald Barnes
We’ve heard about the so-called “silo mentality” in the business world – when different divisions or departments within an organization become hyper-focused on their day-to-day initiatives, to the exclusion of wider collaboration and pursuit of a shared vision.
By Bishop Gerald Barnes
The following is taken from Bishop Gerald Barnes’ homily at the Nov. 3 Closing Mass Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Diocese.
Forty years ago, an action took place and a new diocese was born. Anyone that was here forty years ago, when we became a diocese, would you please stand? Hah, beautiful, and you look so young!
By Bishop Gerald Barnes
The family is the fundamental center of human life. The love, support and formation that takes place within a family—shared by a father and mother with their children—is essential to the fulfillment of God’s plan for us as individuals and as community. This cannot be overstated.
By Bishop Gerald Barnes
A fresh start…
A do-over…
Hitting the reset button…
Turning the page…
We are all familiar with these colloquialisms that describe the fundamental need of human beings to be redeemed from struggle and sin.
