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September 2017

September 12, 2017

Soul and Body

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

July 2017

July 09, 2017

The Burden of LIght

In today's gospel, Jesus says that his yoke is easy and his burden is light....

June 2017

June 12, 2017

Carbonated Holiness

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

May 2017

May 29, 2017

Is Democracy Overrated?

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

May 13, 2017

Everybody Must Get Stoned

One of the readings from this Sunday's lectionary is the story of the stoning of...

October 2016

October 12, 2016

October Musings

Autumn is my favorite season of the year, and October is my favorite month. This...

September 2016

September 06, 2016

Good Morning, Psalms

Last Thursday, in just our second class of the semester, I had the opportunity to...

July 2016

July 18, 2016

Random Midsummer Thoughts

After the most beautiful Rhode Island June--sunny and low eighties day after day--in my twenty-two...

June 2016

June 22, 2016

Holding Off Socrates

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

June 19, 2016

What I inherited from Mad Eagle

On this Father's Day, I'm remembering my Dad with whom I had a complicated relationship...

April 2016

April 25, 2016

The Freedom of a Tree

I read once that there are two kinds of living things—they are distinguished by the...

March 2016

March 09, 2016

Accept the Anchor

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

January 2016

January 13, 2016

Fake It ‘Til You Make It

I spend a lot of time thinking and writing about God. That’s a strange thing...

December 2015

December 04, 2015

This or That?

I got into an interesting conversation the other day with someone who insisted that on...

November 2015

November 13, 2015

Welders and Philosophers

After attempting to watch significant portions of the first three debates among the multitude of...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

The Sea of Ignorance

People tend to think of not knowing as something to be wiped out or overcome,...

August 17, 2015

Love That Will Not Let Me Go

One of the required performances for a professor returning from sabbatical is a public talk...

July 2015

July 10, 2015

How to Educate a Story-Telling Animal

Man is in his actions and practices, as well as in his fictions, essentially a...

June 2015

June 17, 2015

My Best Friends

I sat down in my usual aisle seat on one of my infrequent airplane flights...

May 2015

May 13, 2015

Resembling the Picture

Another academic year is in the books, and as I will gladly be shifting into...

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....

July 2014

July 16, 2014

My Neighbor

Humility is not a peculiar habit of self-effacement. It is a selfless respect for reality...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

The Powers of Words

The building looked like the love child of a logic problem and a crossword puzzle....

November 2013

November 13, 2013

If You Meet God Along The Road . . .

One of my greatest joys as a philosophy professor is that I get to be...

November 04, 2013

More Random Thoughts

The ancient Egyptians worshipped cats as deities. Cats have never forgotten this. “Morgan” is Welsh...

September 2013

September 19, 2013

Blessed with a Burden

My growing up years coincided with the heyday of NASA and the process of living...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

Hedgehogs and Foxes–A Primer

The hedgehog knows one big thing, but the fox knows many little things—Archilochus Over twenty-plus...

January 2013

January 03, 2013

The Right Question

Several years ago during my four-year stint as chair of the Providence College philosophy department,...

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