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June 2017

June 12, 2017

Carbonated Holiness

Anne Lamott defines laughter as Carbonated Holiness. These days, we could use a lot more...

May 2017

May 26, 2017

How to know the will of God

God has given us everything we need to address the problems in front of us....

April 2017

April 24, 2017

There is no one but us

Sometime things happen that make me want to seriously consider atheism. A three-year old child...

April 15, 2017

Mortals Die, and are Laid Low

On Holy Saturday, it is good to remember our mortality. "Mortals die, and are laid...

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...

February 2017

February 24, 2017

Just Do It

In the early hours of a Sunday morning not long ago, I read the final...

February 22, 2017

A Crooked Faith

Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made. Immanuel Kant...

January 2017

January 11, 2017

Holy Family Values

Each week for the past many years, Garrison Keillor has told “Prairie Home Companion” listeners...

December 2016

December 12, 2016

Constellations

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

November 2016

November 07, 2016

Life After Tuesday

A Facebook friend, who has helped the traffic on this blog increase exponentially over the...

July 2016

July 25, 2016

Believing What I Think

Last week at the Republican National Convention, the Republicans nominated as their candidate for President...

July 11, 2016

Are We Better Than This?

A few days ago I posted the following on Facebook: My favorite sort of discussion...

April 2016

April 13, 2016

Doubt and Dedication

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

April 07, 2016

Adepto Ex Meus Visio

Jeanne and I are headed to Florida this evening to spend a week with family...

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...

January 2016

January 13, 2016

Fake It ‘Til You Make It

I spend a lot of time thinking and writing about God. That’s a strange thing...

October 2015

October 14, 2015

Reading the Fine Print

As predictable as the change of seasons is the point in any given semester when...

September 2015

September 16, 2015

Where is the Gardener?

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

August 2015

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...

June 2015

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...

May 2015

May 06, 2015

How I Know That I Am Getting Older

I recall once when I was barely thirty hearing my father describe himself as in...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

The World’s Most Interesting Man

In one of my interdisciplinary classes we are in the transition between Ancient Greece and...

October 01, 2014

Suffering into Truth

Every fall I get to spend several weeks with a bunch of freshmen in the...

May 2014

May 07, 2014

Whatever Helps You Sleep At Night

About a year ago, a former student of mine working toward her PhD in philosophy...

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...

November 2012

November 01, 2012

God’s Worst Idea

I spent the Spring 2009 semester on sabbatical as a Resident Scholar at the Collegeville Institute for...

October 2012

October 09, 2012

Original Sin

Five summers ago, I attended a writers conference for the first time in my life. My...

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