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March 2026

March 29, 2026

A Palm Sunday Reflection: Blessed is He Who Comes

Today is Palm Sunday, one of the most dramatic days on the liturgical calendar. But...

February 2026

February 05, 2026

What Does the Lord Require of You?

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

November 2025

November 30, 2025

Advent is Here–All Things are Become New

I have said many times that Advent is my favorite liturgical season--this year it promises...

November 16, 2025

A Time for Poetry and a Time for Plumbing

Ecclesiastes 3 begins by telling us that "for everything there is a season, and a...

September 2025

September 14, 2025

Remembering a Good and Faithful Servant

Father Kilian McDonnell OSB died last week at the age of 103. His funeral this...

August 2025

August 20, 2025

The Art of Persuasion

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

February 2025

February 04, 2025

WTF Would Jesus Do?

This year Christians are marking the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicea--at least those...

December 2024

December 01, 2024

A Brief Introduction to Advent

Today is both the first Sunday of Advent and the first Sunday of the new...

July 2024

July 19, 2024

On its way to the publisher!

On Monday I will be sending the final manuscript of A Year of Faith and Philosophy:...

May 2024

May 26, 2024

The Trinity Walks into a Bar . . .

Next to Lent, the part of the liturgical calendar that I have always found least...

May 23, 2024

Consider the Lilies . . .

I am working my way through my book A Year of Faith and Philosophy making revisions,...

May 04, 2024

Weaponizing the Bible

The final meeting of my honors colloquium on Michel de Montaigne was last Thursday. It...

March 2024

March 30, 2024

The Day Between Good Friday and Easter

A few years ago in a course that I was team-teaching with two other colleagues,...

March 29, 2024

What’s “Good” About Good Friday?

Many Christmas Eves ago, Jeanne, our youngest son Justin, and I were invited to share...

March 12, 2024

Introduction to “For Everything There is a Season” . . .

Yesterday I had a very encouraging conversation with an editor from a publishing company who...

December 2023

December 12, 2023

God Is On The Journey Too

Two of the contemporary authors whose insights on faith and spirituality challenge me the most...

October 2023

October 24, 2023

My Relationship with the Word of God

My two sabbatical book projects have, without my explicitly planning it, turned out to be...

July 2023

July 11, 2023

Complete Sentences in One Word

All of us live in a world filled with words. For academics, words are the...

June 2023

June 06, 2023

Ordinary Lives in Ordinary Time

So here we are in Ordinary Time, the longest liturgical season that will stretch until...

April 2023

April 09, 2023

When Easter Fades, Where is Jesus to be Found?

God is not an insurance agent. H. G. Wells If you are a college basketball...

April 04, 2023

What Happens at the Fig Tree Stays at the Fig Tree

For those unfamiliar with the liturgical calendar, the Sunday and feast day assigned readings rotate...

April 02, 2023

Blessed is He Who Comes: A Palm Sunday Meditation

Today is Palm Sunday, one of the most dramatic days on the liturgical calendar. But...

January 2023

January 17, 2023

The Spirit of the Lord is Upon Me . . .

Spring semester classes start today. One of my courses is a team-taught colloquium with a...

January 07, 2023

Jesus and John Gather at the River

The season of Epiphany, squeezed in between the Christmas season and Lent, is the annual...

December 2022

December 01, 2022

An Advent Wish: Peace Be to You

Advent began last Sunday. For many reasons, Advent is my favorite season of the liturgical...

November 2022

November 27, 2022

Happy Advent–Stay Awake!

Happy New Year! Today is the First Sunday of Advent, the first day of the...

October 2022

October 01, 2022

Having the Faith of a Weed

In today's gospel reading from Luke, Jesus' disciples make a very simple request: "Increase our...

September 2022

September 15, 2022

This Book Changed My Life: Kathleen Norris’ “The Cloister Walk”

I asked my Facebook friends at the beginning of the summer to list three or...

August 2022

August 18, 2022

Die Before You Die

For many, the raising of Lazarus is Jesus' signature miracle, even though it is only...

July 2022

July 07, 2022

Descending and Ascending the Mountain of the Lord

Facebook reminded me that eight years ago I was on retreat at the New Camoldoli...

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