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December 2017

December 17, 2017

Despite the Best Efforts of Evangelical Christians, Roy Moore Lost

Last Monday I posted on Facebook that although I had deliberately stayed away from politics...

December 12, 2017

It’s About Time

Time has been on my mind recently. A couple of months ago in my freshman...

December 05, 2017

The Greater Jihad

Lead on King Eternal, the day of march has come Henceforth in fields of conquest...

December 01, 2017

Consider the Salmon

The Advent season approaches, a season of waiting and expectation. I am rereading some of...

November 2017

November 26, 2017

God said it. I believe it. That settles it. (except that it doesn’t)

When trying to describe to predominantly Catholic students the religious world that I was born...

November 21, 2017

Another Book That May Change Your Life

We wake, if we ever wake at all, to mystery, rumors of death, beauty, violence....

November 16, 2017

Spiritual Punctuation

In my life-long spiritual journey, the decade of my twenties was the charismatic decade. No,...

November 05, 2017

Silence and Submission

Over the past few weeks, Americans have been reminded once again of the misogyny and...

November 02, 2017

A Lonely Pawn

Have you never felt like one of those pawns forgotten in a corner of the...

October 2017

October 24, 2017

Ordinary Miracles

Every year, between Pentecost and the Sunday after Thanksgiving, the lectionary takes us through week...

October 17, 2017

Will the Truth Set You Free?

The truth will not set you free, but it will definitely mess your life up. A...

October 15, 2017

We Can Do Better Than Righteous Anger

Let not the sun go down upon your wrath. Ephesians 4:26 I confessed on this...

September 2017

September 11, 2017

Tired of Hating People: Thoughts on the Anniversary of 9/11

One year ago I posted the essay below on the fifteenth anniversary of 9 Never...

September 08, 2017

When the Well Runs Dry

Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. Isaiah 12 In...

September 06, 2017

We Are Not Alone

In last Sunday's gospel reading, Jesus tells us that those who wish to follow him...

August 2017

August 20, 2017

What if . . . we stopped asking “What If”?

There are few pastimes more popular than playing “What If?” It’s a favorite theme, for...

August 10, 2017

Breaking Ground

Annie Dillard once wrote that if we truly paid attention to what we were doing,...

August 08, 2017

Waiting for the Apocalypse

More than any analysis or punditry over the past eight months, rereading the Book of...

July 2017

July 05, 2017

What Progressives Can Learn From A Professional Wrestler

Donald Trump reminded us last weekend of his history with professional wrestling. Well, Mister President,...

June 2017

June 23, 2017

Spiritual Plagiarism

God often operates according to entirely different rules than those to which we are accustomed....

June 16, 2017

The Theology of Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman believes that the conflict between good and evil is a zero sum game,...

June 14, 2017

Repairing the World

Jews and Christians agree on many things. One of the most important things they agree...

June 12, 2017

Carbonated Holiness

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

June 08, 2017

It’s the Only World We Have

Breaking from Andy Borowitz: In a surprise announcement, Trump tells the White House press corps...

June 06, 2017

Why Donald Trump Needs a Prophet

A familiar story from the Jewish scriptures tells us what Donald Trump really needs. And...

June 03, 2017

The Confusion of Babel and the Clarity of Pentecost

The voices of spirituality, religion, secularism, materialism, power, and greed often are speaking languages so...

May 2017

May 29, 2017

Is Democracy Overrated?

In an early season of "House of Cards," Frank Underwood observes that "democracy is so...

May 10, 2017

Our Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Enough

The most common, and lamest, response to those who have suffered tragedy is to say...

May 03, 2017

A Compassionate Capitalist

A former President once campaigned on the promise of compassionate capitalism. One of the oddest...

May 01, 2017

Call Me When You Grow Up

From the pages of an ancient text comes a tale about not holding on to...

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