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March 2017

March 06, 2017

Nature and Nature’s God

What is the difference between a cathedral and a physics lab? Are they not both...

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 03, 2017

Turning Around

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

January 2017

January 27, 2017

Playing the Nazi Card

We ought not to hide from ourselves that Nazi Germany is a mirror for all...

January 25, 2017

The “F” Word

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

January 06, 2017

Religionless Christianity

Now that the New Year is upon us, I'm anxiously awaiting word that my latest...

January 04, 2017

The Sun and the Other Stars

On the west side of the stone entryway to the beautiful humanities center on my...

December 2016

December 21, 2016

How Can This Be?

I have a colleague and friend with whom I share a lot in common. Eric...

December 09, 2016

The Real War On Christmas

A few days ago I stumbled across one of the most remarkable tweets I have...

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 25, 2016

Fixing and Healing

My doctor says that I am his most boring patient, because there is never anything...

November 11, 2016

As Good As We Make Them

The gospel reading for last Sunday was the Beatitudes from Matthew's gospel. It seems appropriate...

October 2016

October 26, 2016

The Designer God Project

Voltaire once said that if God did not exist, we would have to invent him....

September 2016

September 30, 2016

It’s Not a Holy Relic!

In Milos Forman’s 1984 Academy Award winning film Amadeus, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, played...

August 2016

August 31, 2016

The Joyful Owl

Just about seven years ago, on a beautiful summer morning very similar to the ones we...

May 2016

May 31, 2016

Four Things to Remember

My past several reading weeks have been spent, for the most part, with Chief Inspector...

May 27, 2016

Je me souviens Québec

Louise Penny’s Chief Inspector Gamache mystery series has everything a lover of mysteries could want....

May 25, 2016

Ordinary Lives

There is no greatness where there is no goodness, simplicity, or truth Leo Tolstoy Although...

May 02, 2016

Sheets from Heaven

I grew up in hunting country where at the appropriate times each year the males...

April 2016

April 13, 2016

Doubt and Dedication

Last Sunday was "Doubting Thomas Sunday." As I wrote some while ago, despite the bad...

March 2016

March 20, 2016

Blessed Is He Who Comes

Rodney Delasanta was one of best teachers and colleagues I ever had the privilege of...

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 24, 2016

Academics in No-Man’s Land

Last week my academic department had an important and contentious meeting, the latest skirmish in...

February 17, 2016

Stranger in a Strange Land

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

December 2015

December 26, 2015

Remembering a Friend

“Happy Stoning Day!” Brother John said as he greeted me below the choir stalls after...

November 2015

November 11, 2015

It’s a Mystery

The brand new installment in Elizabeth George's Lynley/Havers mystery series just arrived--Jeanne and I...

October 2015

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 21, 2015

Is the Pope Catholic?

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

September 07, 2015

Mister Perfect Has a Bad Day

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

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