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Before the Big Bang: Saint John’s Eyewitness Account of the Eternal Word Made Flesh

Hubble image of galaxy with Nativity overlay illustrating Saint John's theology before the Big Bang.
Original Hubble image of galaxy MCG-01-24-014: ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Kilpatrick
Artistic composite with Nativity overlay by Gloria M. Chang, 2025

What existed before the Big Bang—and did Saint John touch it?

Beloved:
What was from the beginning,
what we have heard,
what we have seen with our eyes,
what we looked upon
and touched with our hands
concerns the Word of life —
for the life was made visible;
we have seen it and testify to it
and proclaim to you the eternal life
that was with the Father and was made visible to us—
what we have seen and heard
we proclaim now to you,
so that you too may have fellowship with us;
for our fellowship is with the Father
and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

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More Powerful Than Atoms

Photo of a snail with a silphium flower with text overlay of the Shalom Snail poem, "More Powerful Than Atoms."
“More Powerful Than Atoms”
A reflection on Luke 17:5-6
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
©️2022 Gloria M. Chang

Faith the size of a mustard seed, more powerful than atoms, can unite us with Jesus Christ and accomplish the impossible, surpassing the immense energy contained in the tiniest particles of matter.… Read the rest