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May 2017

May 12, 2017

My Imaginary Friend

There are billions of human beings who shape their whole reality and might even stake...

May 05, 2017

Joy in a Minor Key

Richard Powers write that there’s joy in a minor key, a deep pleasure to be...

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...

April 2017

April 16, 2017

We Had Hoped

The Apostle Paul wrote that "now abide faith, hope, and love . . ." Easter...

April 15, 2017

Mortals Die, and are Laid Low

On Holy Saturday, it is good to remember our mortality. "Mortals die, and are laid...

April 14, 2017

Actually, He Died

"Total disaster." "Not good." "Sad." We're becoming used to these phrases. But they reach a...

April 11, 2017

Flowering Trees

At the beginning of the first Holy Week, Jesus killed a fig tree for no...

April 07, 2017

Your Heart’s Desire

I received the welcome news this past week that my forthcoming book, which has been...

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 24, 2017

Clean Hands

Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy...

March 20, 2017

What Silence Sounds Like

Hello darkness, my old friend, I’ve come to talk to you again. “The Sound of...

March 03, 2017

Getting Ready for the Apocalypse

A colleague and friend from the English department contacted me a few months ago and...

February 2017

February 24, 2017

Just Do It

In the early hours of a Sunday morning not long ago, I read the final...

February 22, 2017

A Crooked Faith

Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made. Immanuel Kant...

February 10, 2017

Saying What Cannot Be Said

I recently led a discussion group focused, among other things, on the inadequacy of traditional religious...

January 2017

January 30, 2017

I Was a Stranger

A bit over a year ago, in the midst of the Presidential campaign that no...

December 2016

December 19, 2016

Bring It On

In a recent interview with Krista Tippett on NPR’s On Being, Jesuit author and spiritual...

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 05, 2016

That Hopey Changey Thing

Although I was raised in the most non-liturgical version of Christianity imaginable, I love liturgy....

November 2016

November 30, 2016

What Goes Down Must Come Up

Sunday's Psalm invited us to go to the mountain of the Lord--which reminded me of...

November 28, 2016

To Whom Do You Belong?

During this academic year, my college is celebrating its centennial. For Jeanne and me, the...

November 18, 2016

Christians in the Public Square

Not long ago, in the middle of the political campaign that ended last week, I...

November 14, 2016

Is He My President?

Jesus spoke the truth AND confronted those who used their position to justify their lies,...

November 11, 2016

As Good As We Make Them

The gospel reading for last Sunday was the Beatitudes from Matthew's gospel. It seems appropriate...

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 23, 2016

The Right Niyyah

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

September 14, 2016

Repairing an Angel

I love The Onion. A couple of weeks ago they reported on a sad event...

September 06, 2016

Good Morning, Psalms

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

July 2016

July 20, 2016

A Gnawing Suspicion

A mystic is anyone who has the gnawing suspicion that the apparent discord, brokenness, contradictions,...

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