Flashes of Insight

		[{"id":2270,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/09\/09\/10-16-september\/","name":"10-16-september","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hands-in-soil-1024x576.jpg","alt":""},"title":"10 - 16 September","author":{"name":"flashes","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/flashes\/"},"date":"Sep 9, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-09 06:15:00","modifiedDate":"2025-08-20 23:11:59","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-08-20 11:11:59","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/reflections\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Reflections<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/reflections\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Reflections<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":4,"sec":57},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Faith is daily renewal\u2014shedding old masks of fear and control to embrace compassion, forgiveness, and gratitude. In Christ, love becomes the measure, humility the path, and prayer the breath that unites us with all. Leadership is not power but service, a witness that God\u2019s mercy transforms weakness into hope and division into communion."}]	

		[{"id":1471,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/09\/02\/the-need-for-creeds-reimagining-nicea\/","name":"the-need-for-creeds-reimagining-nicea","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Constantine-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"The need for creeds\u2014reimagining Nicaea","author":{"name":"Thomas O'Loughlin","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/tomoloughlin\/"},"date":"Sep 2, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-02 06:05:00","modifiedDate":"2025-09-03 06:11:53","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-09-02 18:11:53","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":49},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Creeds are not museum pieces. Without reinterpretation, their power wanes. Francis\u2019 short statement reminds us that doctrine isn\u2019t just preservation\u2014it\u2019s proclamation, shaped anew by every generation that dares to believe in a God still active in human history."},{"id":1666,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/09\/02\/tailor-made-mission\/","name":"tailor-made-mission","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/beth-macdonald-Zx_EgGYYunY-unsplash-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Tailor-made mission","author":{"name":"Stephen Bevans","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/stephenbevans\/"},"date":"Sep 2, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-02 06:04:30","modifiedDate":"2025-09-03 06:10:28","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-09-02 18:10:28","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":53},"status":"publish","excerpt":"To be truly catholic today means empowering the local church, listening to its context, and embracing its authority to act. Mission begins\u2014and must be discerned\u2014right where the people of God live and serve."},{"id":1850,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/09\/02\/when-catholic-mission-moved-at-a-crawl\/","name":"when-catholic-mission-moved-at-a-crawl","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/andreea-swank-gFZ1OK7mbxc-unsplash-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"When Catholic mission moved at a crawl","author":{"name":"William Grimm","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/williamg\/"},"date":"Sep 2, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-02 06:03:14","modifiedDate":"2025-09-03 06:10:07","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-09-02 18:10:07","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":3,"sec":0},"status":"publish","excerpt":"In the 16th century, it could take years for messages between Rome and Asia to arrive \u2014 if they arrived at all. Local missionaries made critical decisions without central guidance. Faster communications give rise to centralised authority."},{"id":1818,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/09\/02\/vatican-to-village\/","name":"vatican-to-village","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/synodality-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Vatican to village","author":{"name":"Colm Holmes","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/colm\/"},"date":"Sep 2, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-02 06:02:00","modifiedDate":"2025-09-03 06:09:41","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-09-02 18:09:41","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":6},"status":"publish","excerpt":"The Synodal vision must stretch from local communities to the highest Vatican offices. It\u2019s not just about what happens in Rome\u2014it\u2019s about transformation everywhere the Church is present."},{"id":2369,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/09\/02\/stories-that-shape-lives\/","name":"stories-that-shape-lives","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/encourage-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Stories that shape lives","author":{"name":"Andrew Hamilton","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/andrew-hamilton\/"},"date":"Sep 2, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-02 06:01:00","modifiedDate":"2025-08-31 11:30:31","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-08-30 23:30:31","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":31},"status":"publish","excerpt":"When people share stories of change, they often whisper encouragement. Such stories remind us that life is not fixed; it can shift, grow, and surprise. They open the door to hope and show us how to glimpse possibilities beyond ourselves."},{"id":2348,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/08\/26\/deathonomics-russias-new-economy\/","name":"deathonomics-russias-new-economy","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/putin-war-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Deathonomics: Russia\u2019s new economy","author":{"name":"JP Grayland","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/joeg\/"},"date":"Aug 26, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-08-26 06:05:00","modifiedDate":"2025-08-26 20:37:03","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-08-26 08:37:03","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":3,"sec":8},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Russia\u2019s war economy has lifted many out of poverty, but at a devastating cost. Families of the dead receive enormous payouts, far beyond normal earnings. Death has become an economic force, blurring the line between tragedy and opportunity."}]	

		[{"id":2374,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/09\/02\/its-time-for-a-better-english-translation-of-the-eucharist\/","name":"its-time-for-a-better-english-translation-of-the-eucharist","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/book-in-the-air-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"It\u2019s time for a better English translation of the Eucharist","author":{"name":"Thomas Reese","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/thomasreese\/"},"date":"Sep 2, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-02 06:12:00","modifiedDate":"2025-08-31 22:18:50","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-08-31 10:18:50","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":18},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Pope Benedict XVI\u2019s legacy is deeply tied to translation. His insistence on word-for-word rendering left Catholics with a liturgy often alien to contemporary speech. Change will not come from Rome alone. English-speaking Catholics must rally together, pushing their bishops to request approval for the 1998 translation."},{"id":2372,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/09\/02\/human-made-famine-and-assault-on-gaza-city\/","name":"human-made-famine-and-assault-on-gaza-city","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/53727322236_81cce24d3c_o-1024x683-1-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Human-made famine and assault on Gaza City","author":{"name":"Thomas Reese","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/thomasreese\/"},"date":"Sep 2, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-02 06:10:00","modifiedDate":"2025-09-03 06:09:17","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-09-02 18:09:17","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":47},"status":"publish","excerpt":"The Gaza famine is not a tragic accident but the result of calculated choices. A population stripped of food, shelter, and safety has been left to perish in full view of the world. Gaza\u2019s suffering is engineered, not incidental."},{"id":2220,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/08\/26\/hope-a-mosaic-of-god\/","name":"hope-a-mosaic-of-god","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hope-river-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Hope a mosaic of God","author":{"name":"Jim Consedine","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/jimconsedine\/"},"date":"Aug 26, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-08-26 06:11:00","modifiedDate":"2025-08-23 00:08:15","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-08-22 12:08:15","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":17},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Hope is found not in grand gestures but in countless small acts that build justice and peace. Together, these create a mosaic of goodness\u2014the Reign of God alive in our own time and place."},{"id":2325,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/08\/26\/the-dangers-of-believing-in-exceptionalism\/","name":"the-dangers-of-believing-in-exceptionalism","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Kapiti-reflection-733-300x200.jpg","alt":""},"title":"The dangers of believing in exceptionalism","author":{"name":"Graham Redding","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/grahamredding\/"},"date":"Aug 26, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-08-26 06:11:00","modifiedDate":"2025-08-23 22:11:56","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-08-23 10:11:56","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":3,"sec":55},"status":"publish","excerpt":"National exceptionalism has long seduced nations into conquest, aggression and self-righteousness. From Israel to America, the dangerous fusion of faith and politics distorts Scripture\u2019s call to justice and mercy, turning chosenness into a weapon of exclusion rather than a summons to service."}]