Week of August 10th 2025

My Sisters and Brothers in Jesus Christ,
My prayer is for you to see God at work in your life.  Sometimes we do a lot of work for the Kingdom and fulfil many roles and responsibilities.  Life can seem like a never ending series of tasks.  I have one image at my workplace of an animal typing away frantically saying, “work, work, work, work.”  I spend a lot of time always thinking about what has to be done and rarely relaxing as there is work to be done.  Christianity is not about a list of job requirements we must accomplish otherwise we will be terminated.  Christianity is about a relationship with God.  When we are overwhelmed, we have a God who shoulders some of our burdens. There is work to be done but the work is a labor of love.

This week we recorded a few YouTube shorts for the next month on a variety of topics.  The next month or so will be focused on developing more shorts to catch up to the full-length videos.  The weekend, the final video on Cardinal Avery Dulles was released.  Also, this past week a short was released regarding the problem of Christianity today.
Within a couple weeks, I am expecting a new tabernacle for the Saint Oscar Romero Chapel to arrive.  I had a video set to be released in September with a walk through tour and explanation but upgraded so much of the chapel since I filmed it earlier this year.  Once the tabernacle arrives, I want to remake that video.  There is a very specific reason I want to make this video as I want to connect theology with the life of prayer.  I see them as an integrated whole and the chapel makes that connection.
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Please know that you are in my prayers and I ask for your prayers as well.
Peace,
Rev. Ben