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October 2015

October 10, 2015

All Creatures Great and Small

Tomorrow is "Blessing of the Animals" Sunday. Two years ago I had the privilege of giving...

October 07, 2015

Confessions of an Ocean-Hater

As I'm reviewing various posts for a current large writing project, I came across a...

October 02, 2015

A Jesuit Frame of Mind

The recently concluded visit of Pope Francis to the United States has put me in...

September 2015

September 28, 2015

It’s the Message, Stupid!

As he shepherded Bill Clinton’s successful run for the Presidency in the early 90s, James...

September 25, 2015

An Aria as Lovely as a Tree

As Jeanne headed into Dunkin’ Donuts to purchase her customary large decaf French Vanilla with eight...

September 23, 2015

Her Children Rise Up

I learned something interesting about giraffes from one of my colleagues the other day. He...

September 21, 2015

Is the Pope Catholic?

He wants to be a modern pope. All he needs is dreadlocks and a dog...

September 18, 2015

Date Afternoon

Marriage experts (if there are such things) often suggest that all married couples, even those...

September 16, 2015

Where is the Gardener?

Once upon a time two explorers came upon a clearing in the jungle. In the...

September 09, 2015

Behind the Curtain

Not long ago I led a seminar with a number of colleagues from the Honors...

September 07, 2015

Mister Perfect Has a Bad Day

A conversation heard behind the scenes: Dude! Did you see what just happened?? How could...

September 04, 2015

Life at Ten Miles per Hour

Following my bike ride the other day, as I frequently do I posted some pictures...

September 02, 2015

The Return of Republican Jesus

Numerous polls report that as of today, Donald Trump is the preferred candidate of conservative...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

The Sea of Ignorance

People tend to think of not knowing as something to be wiped out or overcome,...

August 21, 2015

A Few Summer Observations

A few bumper stickers on the car in front of me at a stop light....

August 17, 2015

Love That Will Not Let Me Go

One of the required performances for a professor returning from sabbatical is a public talk...

August 14, 2015

Sabbatical Report–The Early Returns

I have been on sabbatical officially for a bit over a month—in many ways, it...

August 10, 2015

The Wicked

The morning after the recent Fox News-hosted debate amongst candidates for the Republican presidential nomination,...

July 2015

July 30, 2015

Pope Ivan–Remembering a Mennonite Catholic

Monday morning--early. The 30th Street Amtrak station in Philadelphia is not the sort of place...

July 20, 2015

Don’t Feed the Troll

I briefly and inadvertently got involved with a troll on Facebook the other day. Well,...

July 10, 2015

How to Educate a Story-Telling Animal

Man is in his actions and practices, as well as in his fictions, essentially a...

July 08, 2015

Someone with Skin On

The story is told of a little girl who was afraid of the dark. After...

July 06, 2015

Achieving Disagreement–in real time

God is in favor of same sex marriage because God placed a rainbow in the...

July 01, 2015

Face to Face with the Universe

A recent edition of Harper’s Magazine includes a fascinating essay by physicist and novelist Alan Lightman entitled...

June 2015

June 26, 2015

The Difference Between Canadians and Americans–in one baseball game

A beautiful day in Toronto in front of me—what to do? Jeanne was tied up...

June 24, 2015

There are More Things In Heaven and Earth . . .

Not long ago I received the following email out of the blue: “My name is ___ and...

June 22, 2015

When Logic Fails

My novel of the week is Rebecca Goldstein’s The Mind-Body Problem. I first encountered Goldstein...

June 19, 2015

Border Crossing

As a youth growing up in northeastern Vermont, a trip to Canada was pretty much...

June 17, 2015

My Best Friends

I sat down in my usual aisle seat on one of my infrequent airplane flights...

June 14, 2015

Sowing the E-Seed

Today's gospel is about sowing seed--a promising but ultimately inefficient activity, both in the field...

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