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August 2017

August 31, 2017

Idols and Icons

Of all the lessons I've learned in my three decades of teaching, none is more...

August 17, 2017

Two Reasons to be Hopeful (even with Donald Trump as President)

There are reasons to be hopeful--even on those days that Nazis, white supremacists, racists, and...

July 2017

July 27, 2017

When It’s Over

'When it’s over, I don’t want to wonder/If I have made of my life something...

July 25, 2017

Step to the Right: Practicing Right Brain Faith in a Left Brain World

After a major stroke, neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor lost function in her left brain. But...

June 2017

June 02, 2017

Radical Forgiveness

From the book of Acts, a story of a person who experienced radical forgiveness, then...

April 2017

April 11, 2017

Flowering Trees

At the beginning of the first Holy Week, Jesus killed a fig tree for no...

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 20, 2017

Why I will not be watching: Inauguration Day Reflections

Eight years ago, I poked my head out of my little apartment on a Minnesota...

December 2016

December 26, 2016

Clouds of Glory

The great but incredibly difficult German philosopher Immanuel Kant, in a rare moment of clarity,...

December 21, 2016

How Can This Be?

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

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....

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...

September 2016

September 08, 2016

Embracing the Barbarian Invasion

Every year the world is invaded by millions of tiny barbarians. We call them “children.” ...

September 06, 2016

Good Morning, Psalms

Last Thursday, in just our second class of the semester, I had the opportunity to...

August 2016

August 31, 2016

The Joyful Owl

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

August 17, 2016

The Universe in a Coffee Cup

If you are fond of a cup, say “I am fond of a cup!” For...

March 2016

March 11, 2016

Back in the Saddle Again

We in southern New England have been spared a tough winter. Shit can still happen,...

February 2016

February 17, 2016

Stranger in a Strange Land

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

October 2015

October 28, 2015

Saint Keurig

She is the patron saint of efficiency, streamlined design, good taste and caffeine. Her name...

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...

March 2015

March 23, 2015

Strange and Beautiful

Forgive me for name dropping, but I went to dinner with a New York Times...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

Going on Retreat

I begin with a confession. As recently as a week ago in a Facebook posting...

November 19, 2014

Celebrating Life

I recently submitted two grant proposals related to my sabbatical that will begin next July....

June 2014

June 16, 2014

Conversion

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

May 2014

May 31, 2014

Passing the Baton

A disturbingly common mishap in recent Summer Olympic games has been the failure of U.S....

December 2013

December 09, 2013

The Peaceable Kingdom

Bleary-eyed at the 8;00 service yesterday morning, I noticed that a reproduction of the above...

December 07, 2013

Ubuntu

As we drove home from a lovely two-day celebration of our twenty-fifth anniversary, Jeanne and...

November 2013

November 13, 2013

If You Meet God Along The Road . . .

One of my greatest joys as a philosophy professor is that I get to be...

September 2013

September 19, 2013

Blessed with a Burden

My growing up years coincided with the heyday of NASA and the process of living...

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