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May 24, 2026

The Lonely Pawn: On Faith, Doubt, and Meaning

A Doubting Faith Have you never felt like one of those pawns forgotten in a...

May 20, 2026

AI and Agency

At the beginning of the month, I set the stage for my next several posts...

May 13, 2026

AI and Love: When a Chatbot Becomes a Companion

Ten days ago, I set the stage for my next several posts by engaging with...

May 10, 2026

AI and Embodiment

A week ago, I set the stage for my next several posts by engaging with...

May 06, 2026

AI and Human Dignity

Last Sunday I set the stage for my next several posts by engaging with a...

April 2026

April 30, 2026

Advice that Saint Francis Never Gave

There is a saying attributed to Saint Francis that I have heard frequently over more...

March 2026

March 25, 2026

White Privilege in the Classroom

Today I am starting a unit on race issues in my ethics class. For the...

January 2026

January 22, 2026

Where Is Your Bullet?

There's nothing better than a good dog story--I've told many of them over the dozen-plus...

October 2025

October 30, 2025

God is Non-Binary

I feel like being controversial today . . . Here's a repeat from not long...

October 23, 2025

What Teachers Can Learn From Jesus

One week from today is the official book launch of my new book A Year of...

September 2025

September 28, 2025

Do Moral Absolutes Exist?

Do moral absolutes exist? Is human engagement with moral principles more like a treasure hunt,...

August 2025

August 20, 2025

The Art of Persuasion

I was asked a few days ago to participate in an ongoing project on campus...

August 12, 2025

Playing a Bad Hand Well

Bein’ born is craps. How we live is poker. Doc Holliday Of the dozens of...

August 10, 2025

That Sounds Like Prayer

We are all going to die! That's just so awful. I didn't agree to this....

July 2025

July 29, 2025

God is Non-Binary

My baseline criterion for whether a particular class has gone well is to answer the...

July 01, 2025

There are Two Kinds of People . . .

I ran an informal experiment on Facebook not long ago, the point of which was...

June 2025

June 29, 2025

Did Jesus Care About Family Values?

Throughout the gospel lectionary readings in Ordinary Time, Jesus regularly says surprising things that contradict...

June 24, 2025

Making Things Difficult

A couple of weeks ago in the morning I was greeted in the driveway with...

June 15, 2025

How to be Good

I'm re-working a full draft of my next book project--Nice Work If You Can Get...

June 01, 2025

On the Art of Discussion

I'm currently reading through my book Nice Work If You Can Get It for the first time...

May 2025

May 29, 2025

How Alasdair MacIntyre Changed How I Teach Ethics

Alasdair MacIntyre, one of the most important philosophers of his generation, died last week at...

February 2025

February 25, 2025

What is the Best Proof for the Existence of God?

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

February 09, 2025

An Unexpected Speaker at the National Prayer Breakfast

The annual National Prayer Breakfast happened last Thursday. I don't know what happened or what...

February 02, 2025

The Greek Philosopher You’ve Never Heard Of

I haven't had a chance to teach the ancient greats in philosophy in several semesters,...

January 2025

January 07, 2025

My Word for 2025

Anne Lamott tells the story of an older woman who, along with other active geriatric...

January 03, 2025

What Is Your Moral Anchor?

Is it ever right to hold a grudge? Is resentment or unforgiveness ever justified? These...

December 2024

December 20, 2024

During this Christmas Season, Don’t be Stupid

In December of 1942, Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote a Christmas letter to a number of his...

October 2024

October 08, 2024

A Christian Nightmare

What would happen if we actually took the things we claim to believe seriously enough...

October 04, 2024

When Christians Do Un-Christian Things

One of the teaching teammates I have taught with for the last half-dozen years is...

October 01, 2024

Living the Social Gospel

Next week in the interdisciplinary program I teach in will be "Social Gospel" week. Students...

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