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February 2025

February 18, 2025

Are You Tired of Being Angry Yet?

Do not letthe sun go down on your wrath. Ephesians 4:26 Although I have been...

August 2024

August 13, 2024

Having the Right “Niyyah”

I recently heard an interview on NPR with Rami Nashashibi, a professor of sociology who...

December 2023

December 24, 2023

God Made Into Flesh

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

April 2023

April 27, 2023

Swimming in the Miraculous

There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older...

January 2023

January 03, 2023

Blessing The Crap Out Of Each Other

There are eight to ten movies that Jeanne and I watch religiously during the Christmas...

November 2021

November 04, 2021

A Mystery Wrapped in an Enigma

November is a month of transitions. Here in New England, we are squarely in the...

September 2021

September 26, 2021

Sometimes, it just doesn’t matter

One day, Jeanne said “I want a fish.” This was a rather random request, but...

January 2021

January 10, 2021

When Selective Amnesia is a Good Thing

Tolerance, acceptance, and embracing difference--even in the face of established tradition and clear procedures--has been...

December 2020

December 23, 2020

Grace and Peace Be with You

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

May 2020

May 05, 2020

Coronavirus Seclusion and “Amazing Grace”

In the interdisciplinary program I teach in and used to direct, the first semester faculty...

September 2019

September 08, 2019

Reason Touched By Grace: Getting Faith and Intellect on the Same Page

A few days ago, Pete Buttigeig, mayor of South Bend and candidate for the Democratic...

August 2019

August 25, 2019

Remembering One of my Best Friends (and celebrating seven years of blogging)

This week marks seven years since I, with trepidation, misgivings and a certain amount of...

August 18, 2019

Finding the Light

We are not simply made by God—we are made of God Julian of Norwich Toward the end of a...

December 2018

December 27, 2018

Murdering the Innocents: A Different Kind of Christmas Story

This Christmas season seems more dissonant than most, with violence across the globe, a partial...

December 23, 2018

Mary with No Assumptions

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

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,...

October 2018

October 25, 2018

What to Do When You Get Tired of Being Angry

Let not the sun go down upon your wrath. Ephesians 4:26 Another week, another bunch of...

February 2018

February 01, 2018

Deflategate and the Nazis

Exactly three years ago, on the morning of Super Bowl 49, I wrote a blog...

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...

September 06, 2017

We Are Not Alone

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

March 2017

March 19, 2017

St. Joseph the Worker

In my religious tradition, we didn’t do saints. We did do Christmas pageants—big time. I...

January 2017

January 16, 2017

Gentle Drizzle

In the interdisciplinary program I teach in and used to direct, the first semester faculty...

December 2016

December 21, 2016

How Can This Be?

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

September 2016

September 23, 2016

The Right Niyyah

As I wait impatiently for my sabbatical that is under contract with a publisher to...

August 2016

August 14, 2016

Hail Frieda, Full of Grace

Four years ago this month, I finally followed the advice of several people whose opinions...

May 2016

May 20, 2016

Tasmanian Dog

As I was cleaning out files last week, I came across an essay from a...

November 2013

November 06, 2013

My Own Skin

As has happened more often in the last 25 years than I could possibly recall,...

October 2012

October 25, 2012

Big Bird

This is the first election cycle in my remembrance that, at least for a week...

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