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August 2017

August 08, 2017

Waiting for the Apocalypse

More than any analysis or punditry over the past eight months, rereading the Book of...

July 2017

July 11, 2017

The Virtues of Atheism

A fresh look at my world without God-tinted lenses reveals that suffering and violence are...

July 07, 2017

An Exploding Heart

Last fall I had the opportunity to give the sermon on stewardship Sunday at my...

June 2017

June 26, 2017

Let Us Cultivate our Garden

What is one to do when what one professes to believe has become, as Macbeth...

June 16, 2017

The Theology of Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman believes that the conflict between good and evil is a zero sum game,...

May 2017

May 22, 2017

Trump at Liberty University

There are many possible reasons why evangelical Christians voted for Donald Trump in record numbers....

May 01, 2017

Call Me When You Grow Up

From the pages of an ancient text comes a tale about not holding on to...

April 2017

April 03, 2017

The Lazarus Cycle

In the liturgical year, the last Sunday of Lent focuses on Jesus' signature miracle--the raising...

March 2017

March 03, 2017

Getting Ready for the Apocalypse

A colleague and friend from the English department contacted me a few months ago and...

February 2017

February 14, 2017

Valentine’s Day for the Mature

Human love in the purest forms we can know it, wife and husband, parent and...

February 03, 2017

Turning Around

Conversion is an odd phenomenon. I've often observed that those who convert, who ''tum around"...

January 2017

January 25, 2017

The “F” Word

There’s nothing like unexpectedly dropping an f-bomb on a bunch of students. But it’s even...

December 2016

December 12, 2016

Constellations

I love the stars. Not as in “Dancing with . . .” or in Hollywood...

December 05, 2016

That Hopey Changey Thing

Although I was raised in the most non-liturgical version of Christianity imaginable, I love liturgy....

December 02, 2016

What Cuba Taught Me About My Faith

For many reasons, I have been interested in Cuba for the past dozen years or...

November 2016

November 21, 2016

Who Is Their God?

I recklessly thought that if something could save this election, it would be the faithfulness of...

November 18, 2016

Christians in the Public Square

Not long ago, in the middle of the political campaign that ended last week, I...

April 2016

April 16, 2016

Red and Blue Bubbles

As Jeanne and I do various things in the house on Saturdays, we often have...

April 01, 2016

Jesus, Moe, and Curly

IT'S APRIL FOOL'S DAY--A PERFECT TIME FOR SOME IRREVERENCE! One of my unexpected reading delights...

March 2016

March 27, 2016

The Easter Mouse

A couple of years ago, just in time for the Christmas holiday season, a new book...

March 02, 2016

The Ghosts of Jesus Past

My birthday is in four days (the big 6-0), so I'm doing a bit of...

February 2016

February 26, 2016

Inquiring Minds

Not long ago I had the chance to read a novel by Ian McEwan that...

February 17, 2016

Stranger in a Strange Land

I am not Catholic. I have been firmly ensconced in Catholic higher education for close...

January 2016

January 25, 2016

Give Us Barabbas

An annual musical fixture of my Baptist upbringing was the Easter Cantata. Each year on...

December 2015

December 22, 2015

The Strong, Silent Type

In my religious tradition, we didn’t do saints. We did do Christmas pageants—big time. I...

October 2015

October 16, 2015

Big Brother

In the 1946 classic film “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Angel Second Class Clarence Oddbody is...

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 23, 2015

Her Children Rise Up

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

September 09, 2015

Behind the Curtain

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

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