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September 2022

September 27, 2022

Why Aren’t Red Maples Blue, and other random autumn thoughts

Autumn is my favorite season—not even a close contest. I grew up in northern Vermont,...

April 2022

April 17, 2022

I Will Awaken the Dawn: Some Thoughts for Easter

Our seven-month old corgi Bovina, one of the greatest joys of Jeanne’s and my life,...

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 07, 2022

A Stranger (Protestant) in a Strange Land (Catholic)

Last Wednesday the student in front of me in line at the little on campus...

September 2021

September 20, 2021

Is God More Like Ella Fitzgerald or Ludwig van Beethoven?

Autumn officially begins this week, which is wonderful news. Autumn is by far my favorite...

December 2020

December 22, 2020

That Mary Thing

I have a colleague and friend with whom I share a lot in common. Eric...

March 2019

March 30, 2019

Sports Fanaticism as Spiritual Practice

Last Saturday, Jeanne was out of town for work, and I had a choice to...

February 2019

February 24, 2019

Does Christianity Call for Perfection or Slight Improvement?

I have the privilege of giving the homily this morning at Trinity Episcopal Church in...

November 2017

November 16, 2017

Spiritual Punctuation

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

October 2017

October 31, 2017

A Halloween Frame of Mind

It's Halloween!--one of my least favorite holidays of the year. I know that offends many...

October 03, 2017

Spare Parts

Last Sunday was Saint Francis Sunday, a celebration that rivals Easter and Christmas at the...

September 2017

September 12, 2017

Soul and Body

This semester I have the privilege of teaching Philosophy of Knowledge, a favorite course that for...

September 08, 2017

When the Well Runs Dry

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

July 2017

July 23, 2017

Be Ye Therefore Slightly Improved

Jesus said 'Be ye therefore perfect." Wouldn't it have been more sensible for him to...

December 2016

December 16, 2016

I Will Bring You Home

Baptist preacher's kids get to do some very odd things. I memorized large portions of...

December 12, 2016

Constellations

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

December 07, 2016

Being a Fanatic

Both the men's and women's basketball teams are off to great starts, just as the...

September 2016

September 16, 2016

The Fruit of the Blackberry

A few years ago, Jeanne returned from a weekend with a friend in Vermont with...

June 2016

June 22, 2016

Holding Off Socrates

As is often the case in June, several huge soccer tournaments currently are under way in...

May 2016

May 02, 2016

Sheets from Heaven

I grew up in hunting country where at the appropriate times each year the males...

February 2016

February 17, 2016

Stranger in a Strange Land

I am not Catholic. I have been firmly ensconced in Catholic higher education for close...

January 2016

January 22, 2016

Hanging Out With Juno

In anticipation of what is likely to be our first real snow of the winter...

November 2015

November 11, 2015

It’s a Mystery

The brand new installment in Elizabeth George's Lynley/Havers mystery series just arrived--Jeanne and I...

November 06, 2015

A Green Mountain Boy

The candidacy of Senator Bernie Sanders for the Democratic Party nomination for President over the...

October 2015

October 16, 2015

Big Brother

In the 1946 classic film “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Angel Second Class Clarence Oddbody is...

October 10, 2015

All Creatures Great and Small

Tomorrow is "Blessing of the Animals" Sunday. Two years ago I had the privilege of giving...

September 2015

September 02, 2015

The Return of Republican Jesus

Numerous polls report that as of today, Donald Trump is the preferred candidate of conservative...

June 2015

June 19, 2015

Border Crossing

As a youth growing up in northeastern Vermont, a trip to Canada was pretty much...

May 2015

May 29, 2015

Colorblindness

When I was growing up in northeastern Vermont, the Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury was a...

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...

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