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October 2015

October 25, 2015

Cocaine/Communion: The Holy Contradictions of David Ramirez

David Ramirez is too sharp a songwriter to serve as a mere springboard for theological...

June 2015

June 05, 2015

Eucharistic Eyes

Protestants puzzle over how Catholics can see the person of Christ in a piece of...

May 2015

May 20, 2015

The Power of the Priestess

As motherhood is given by the child, as the husband is given by the wife, as...

May 22, 2012

The Christian case for gay marriage: The Smackdown

So a certain Mr. Osler wrote a wonderful piece for CNN entitled My Take: The...

January 2012

January 16, 2012

The Terrible Weakness of Our God

Sometime before the Christmas break, I had the pleasure of eating dinner with four Sisters...

October 2011

October 11, 2011

Eucharistic Blasphemy

There is a prayer said by the Roman Catholic priest before he receives the Holy Eucharist, the...

June 2011

June 29, 2011

Eucharistic Addiction

(Spoiler Alert: The Eucharist is God in the form of bread and wine.) To hear...

March 2011

March 13, 2011

Damming God

Happy Sabbath! Today - in a rather pointed rebellion against Protestant boredom - we celebrate...

November 2010

November 13, 2010

Where is God? (clue – it’s edible)

Ain't that the question? We hear it asked in the obligatory religious/existential/identity crisis episode of...

September 2010

September 19, 2010

If Angels Could Be Jealous…

Happy Sabbath! Hold your heads up high Roman Catholics, today you will receive the Holy...

August 2010

August 17, 2010

Forgiveness: Courage Required.

In my many conversations with atheists, agnostics, secularists and the rest, I find there are...