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December 2018

December 30, 2018

It’s the Incarnation, Dammit!

On Christmas Eve morning, I noticed that a Facebook friend had posted a poll on...

December 24, 2018

Christus Natus Est

Christmas movies are a big deal at my house. Jeanne goes for the classics, such...

December 18, 2018

The Season of Grace and Peace

Grace means suddenly you’re in a different universe from the one where you were stuck,...

December 04, 2018

The Taming of Christmas, and How to Make it Wild Again

Just when you thought you had heard and read it all . . . "If...

December 02, 2018

Advent and the Blessing of Being Human

Each Advent for the past eight years, I have had the privilege of giving a...

November 2018

November 29, 2018

Trailing Clouds of Glory, We Come From God

As we approach the Advent and Christmas seasons, I am in a forward-looking and hopeful...

September 2018

September 09, 2018

Right-Brain Faith in a Left-Brain World

At age thirty-seven, Harvard trained brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor woke up one morning with...

March 2018

March 15, 2018

The Christian Faith In a Nutshell

Sports fans old enough to remember the 70s and 80s will recall that a regular...

February 2018

February 04, 2018

Keeping Hope Alive

The theme of a philosophy conference that I attended a couple of years ago was...

January 2018

January 25, 2018

The Divine Uncertainty Principle

Fifteen or more years ago my professional writing and research interests were largely focused on...

December 2017

December 07, 2017

Peace Be To You

I was raised in a version of Christianity that had no sense of the liturgical...

December 03, 2017

What Advent Teaches Us About Ourselves

In Philosophical Fragments, Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard tells a lovely story about a powerful king who...

December 01, 2017

Consider the Salmon

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

November 2017

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....

October 2017

October 10, 2017

Knowing the Unknowable

Every fall I spend a week with over one hundred freshman exploring the familiar but...

October 03, 2017

Spare Parts

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

April 2017

April 03, 2017

The Lazarus Cycle

In the liturgical year, the last Sunday of Lent focuses on Jesus' signature miracle--the raising...

March 2017

March 15, 2017

It Must Be A Miracle

My youngest son was always the inquisitive sort, the kind of kid who, from the...

January 2017

January 11, 2017

Holy Family Values

Each week for the past many years, Garrison Keillor has told “Prairie Home Companion” listeners...

December 2016

December 21, 2016

How Can This Be?

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

December 12, 2016

Constellations

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

August 2016

August 19, 2016

I Speak for the Trees

He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water (Psa 1:3) Those...

July 2016

July 09, 2016

Welfare in my Back Yard

Although I am a very liberal guy, I occasionally worry about the welfare state. I...

December 2015

December 07, 2015

Righteous Peace, Godly Glory

Over the past several weeks I have been working through the second draft of my...

September 2015

September 25, 2015

An Aria as Lovely as a Tree

As Jeanne headed into Dunkin’ Donuts to purchase her customary large decaf French Vanilla with eight...

July 2015

July 01, 2015

Face to Face with the Universe

A recent edition of Harper’s Magazine includes a fascinating essay by physicist and novelist Alan Lightman entitled...

April 2015

April 11, 2015

My Leading Man

As the director of a large interdisciplinary program required of all students during their first...

August 2014

August 06, 2014

Humility and Wonder

Last Sunday's gospel focused on one of Jesus' signature miracles--the feeding of the five thousand....

March 2014

March 10, 2014

Blue Maples

Although I am mercilessly critical of New Englanders who complain about snow and cold weather,...

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