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July 2016

July 18, 2016

Take Leave of the American Catholic Blogosphere’s Bad Conscience

Theology is born when the arbitrary judgment of reason encounters a limit, in that we...

July 13, 2016

Why Do “All Lives Matter” Armchair Commentators Disgust Me More after the Murder of Philando Castile?

Perhaps because I know where Falcon Heights is. Perhaps because he was my age, graduating...

April 2016

April 21, 2016

Sex and Soulcraft: The Artist Formerly Known as Prince

Prince gave us the ultimate expression of spiritual eros in music. The genealogy of soul...

January 2016

January 30, 2016

Sam Rocha’s Love Letter From a Sandwich

At a local deli I fell in love with a sandwich. This was a normal...

December 2015

December 19, 2015

Add the Mean to Find the Seal

This week’s monthly mailbag comes from tattered tattoos I found on a walrus roaming my...

December 12, 2015

The Arab Ethnic Liberation Theology of Guadalupe

In loving memory of Fr. Sam Homsey C.PP.S. (1910 – 2004) As a teenager, I...

December 05, 2015

When Language Fails, Read the Instruction Manual

"A miracle, for Aquinas, is not a special presence of God . . ." --Herbert...

November 2015

November 28, 2015

American Conservatives Are, After All, What They Said They Were

Motto: "Please step forward to the rear!" This is an approximate translation of a request...

November 25, 2015

Thanksgiving as Forgiveness

“The duties of each moment are the shadows beneath which hides the divine operation.” ―...

November 21, 2015

Dear Refugees: Come to my Home, Beat the Dog, Tear the Curtains

This week we read letters from Sam Rocha's monthly mailbag. 1st Reading: As the visions...

October 2015

October 18, 2015

Cosmos: Weakened Edition, 3

Here's what's not weak this week! 1. Family Synod Conflict Is Not What You Think...

October 15, 2015

Ocean Symphony, Breeze, & a Liturgy: Sam Rocha’s Folk Interview

Sam Rocha is my dear friend. Besides that he is also Assistant Professor of Philosophy...

February 2015

February 27, 2015

The West Was Never Western: Creative Plagiarism, Rome, Tracing

I was recently reminded of a quip in Woody Allen's Annie Hall. His character says: I...

August 2014

August 28, 2014

The Call to Being Has Already Exiled You: Sam Rocha’s Late to Love

I've been trying to write about Sam Rocha's album Late to Love all morning long....

March 2014

March 11, 2014

Augustine Rocha n' Rolls

Confession: I'm not here to talk about rock n' roll... but Augustine still doesn't even...