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Advice that Saint Francis Never Gave

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

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What Does the Lord Require of You?

Over the past months, I have become more and more familiar with how Lutherans do...

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A Labor Day Reflection on Jesus and Capitalism

There are a couple of sayings attributed to Jesus that Christians often use when attempting...

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The Good Samaritan and Humility

The Proper 10 Year C gospel from Luke is one of Jesus’s most beloved parables....

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Non-Catholic Thoughts about Pope Francis I

I was, as were billions of other people, saddened to hear the news of Pope...

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Remembering an Excellent Colleague and Friend

I have been in a somber mood for the last few days, ever since the...

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Now My Eye Sees You

The lectionary readings from the Jewish scriptures this month have walked us through the Book...

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A Labor Day Question: What Does the Lord Require of Us?

There are a couple of sayings attributed to Jesus that Christians often use when attempting...

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What To Do with a Difficult Teaching

Today is the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Here is my entry for this Sunday in...

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The Good Samaritan

Today is the Fifth Sunday after Easter in the lectionary, including a number of familiar...

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Some Thoughts on Self-Repair

Two years ago this week I had a fall riding my bike that resulted in,...

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When Life Feels Like an Afterthought . . .

Today's "golden oldie" was first posted here in early 2013, just a few months after...

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Big News, and a Blast from the Past!

First, some big news! Yesterday I signed a contract for my book A Year of...

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Kicking Off Holy Week: “I’ll be Jesus”

The Palm Sunday celebration in a liturgical Christian church can be both confusing and jarring....

February 2024

February 25, 2024

What If I Don’t Want to Take Up My Cross?

Last week I introduced a bunch of honors sophomores to Dietrich Bonhoeffer's distinction between "Cheap...

September 2023

September 08, 2023

Finding a Moral Compass

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

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July 02, 2023

Can We Negotiate With God?

Today's reading from the Jewish scriptures is Genesis 22, the well-known and infamous story of...

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Balancing Humility with Expertise

As I continue early preparation for the book on the teaching life that I hope...

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January 24, 2023

We are to be God in the World

This coming Sunday's gospel reading is the Beatitudes from Matthew, the opening lines from the...

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December 18, 2022

A Stepfather with a Questionable Pedigree

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

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October 18, 2022

How is your Optimism Doing These Days?

A few weeks ago in the interdisciplinary Honors course that I am team-teaching in this...

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September 05, 2022

What Does the Lord Require of Us? A Labor Day Reflection

There are a couple of sayings attributed to Jesus that Christians often use when attempting...

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August 14, 2022

“Whatever” is No Way to Live

Although I occasionally find myself immersed in things medieval with a bunch of freshmen in...

July 2022

July 23, 2022

Negotiating with God

I have the privilege of giving the sermon today at Trinity Episcopal Church in Pawtuxet,...

July 14, 2022

Some Things Repair Themselves, and Some Things Do Not

My recently concluded crappy month of June ended with a minor fender-bender, the result of...

June 2022

June 19, 2022

What To Do When It Isn’t Working

What do you do when it just isn’t working? In the life of a teacher,...

April 2022

April 09, 2022

I’ll Be Jesus: A Palm Sunday Reflection

What is bothering me incessantly is the question of what Christianity really is, or indeed...

April 06, 2022

Perfection or Slight Improvment?

I have no idea why or how Miss Katrina Munn, a graduate of Julliard School...

March 2022

March 19, 2022

Hanging Out with the World’s Most Interesting Man

His words carry weight that would break a less interesting man’s jaw Every once in...

February 2022

February 13, 2022

Being God in the World

Today's gospel reading is Luke's abbreviated version of the Beatitudes. It is a scene so...

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