"Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope"- 1 Peter 3:15
Building a Bridge by Father James Martin has received a lot of criticism. I myself have been leery of his writing, and actually criticized other pieces of his in the past, especially his LGBT parable article which is an excerpt from the revised edition of this book. However, I felt it wasn’t fair to criticize …
On March 5th, Fr. James Martin shared six stories he referred to as parables. He quoted biblical scholar C. H. Dodd, saying “a parable was a story designed to ‘tease the mind into active thought.’” Fr. Martin went on to explain that he hoped these “parables” would “tease [our] mind[s] into active thought.” While I …