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September 2014

September 05, 2014

A Spirituality of the Annunciation (Luke 1:26-38)

It’s no secret that the Annunciation has been one of the most influential passages in...

September 03, 2014

Understanding Agriculture in the Developing World

This week @RealJohnGreen posted a great video reflections on his trip to Ethiopia. In it...

August 2014

August 26, 2014

Why is Bassano’s Baptism painting set at night?

I have always been intrigued by the setting of the great Venetian painter Jacopo Bassano's...

August 19, 2014

Podcast: What is the Liturgy

This week I had a chance to join a panel on liturgy for the Theologues...

August 05, 2014

8 Reasons Instruments Are Important to Worship

Last month one of my fellow Theologues contributors, Austin Maness, wrote up a piece encouraging people to consider worshiping without...

July 2014

July 27, 2014

Great Ways YOU Can Serve in Our Immigration Crisis

I have recently been talking a great deal about the immigration issue. I highlighted the...

July 25, 2014

God, Guns, and Raising Kids in the Faith

This week I sat down with the Theologues guys to talk about violence, and raising...

July 23, 2014

What is Catholic Social Teaching: A Discussion with Brandon Vogt

This morning I am blessed to be in a conversation with Catholic author and new...

July 22, 2014

#ProjectCST – Social Justice and the Family Community

I'm excited to be tuning into the latest #ProjectCST webcast which is starting in just a...

July 19, 2014

Remember that Jesus was an Undocumented Child Refugee

Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a...

July 17, 2014

Quiz: How well do you know the early Church Councils?

I made up this quiz that I thought the church history nerds might find fun....

July 16, 2014

Fifty Ways Catholics are Working on Ending Hunger Today!

Over the past year I have been working closely with Catholic organizations active all across...

July 13, 2014

Review: Patrick Madrid’s “Why Be Catholic?”

I recently read through Patick Madid’s latest book Why Be Catholic. I was interested in...

July 08, 2014

HELP! My Kids are Wild at Church!

This week Fr. Longenecker posted a great response to a question about how someone can...

July 01, 2014

I had a blast on the “Moonshine Jesus” show

Over the weekend I attended #Wildgoose14 and had a chance to sit down and talk...

June 2014

June 16, 2014

Working for Justice through the “Lord’s Prayer”

A few years ago I spent a summer working as a hospital chaplain. It was...

May 2014

May 30, 2014

Angels and Saints: Ignatius of Antioch

One of the major difficulties that people have with the Catholic faith is the role...

May 24, 2014

What the West Can Learn From the East

Although I am a Catholic, I never would have made it to the Catholic Church...

May 24, 2014

What the East can Learn From The West

Even though much of my own theology is influenced more by Eastern theology than...

May 24, 2014

Like Pope Francis, the Church breathes with one lung.

There are few things in the World that break my heart as much as reading...

May 23, 2014

You’ll be inspired by this Catholic nun

I'm not sure if you caught the interview with Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe on the Colbert Report....

May 23, 2014

Poetry is Sane – G.K. Chesterton

One of the books that changed my life is Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton. It was the...

May 20, 2014

Reviewsday Tuesday: The Age of the Spirit

Over the weekend I read through Phyllis Tickle's new book The Age of the Spirit. For those who don't...

May 14, 2014

7 Reasons to affirm the Trinity

This week I wrote an Article for Theologues talking about the "Seven Reasons I believe...

May 14, 2014

Yale offers a free course on the Old Testament

As I have written about before, I love to spend my free time listening to...

May 13, 2014

Why I don’t support the Keystone pipeline

Last week the Obama Administration unveiled the Third U.S. National Climate Assessment (NCA)—the "most comprehensive, authoritative scientific report...

May 13, 2014

Pope Francis: Tolkien Fan

I love The Lord of the Rings. I love the mythology, the lore, the songs,...

May 13, 2014

Reviewsday Tuesday: Scott Hahn’s Bible Dictionary

A couple weeks ago the Gospel reading recounted one of my favorite stories of Jesus....

May 12, 2014

You’ll Love this video: Creation to the Flood in 3 minutes

There has been a lot of discussion about the movie Noah's portrayal of the Biblical...

May 12, 2014

Theologues Roundtable: Evangelicals and the Liturgy

This weekend I had the great pleasure of sitting down with author, pastor, and musician Glenn...