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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....

November 14, 2017

This Book May Change Your Life

A candle flame looks beautiful in the light of morning . . . It seems...

November 12, 2017

I’m a Christian, But I Won’t Be Saying “Merry Christmas”

A few days ago, reports that Roy Moore, Alabama Republican candidate for the United States...

November 05, 2017

Silence and Submission

Over the past few weeks, Americans have been reminded once again of the misogyny and...

November 02, 2017

A Lonely Pawn

Have you never felt like one of those pawns forgotten in a corner of the...

October 2017

October 12, 2017

God Doesn’t Need Our Protection

Human beings never behave so badly as when they believe they are protecting God. Barbara Brown...

August 2017

August 27, 2017

Ten Years On

Ten years ago this summer, I attended a writers conference for the first time in...

July 2017

July 21, 2017

The Muslim/Christian Brotherhood

Reza Aslan is a Muslim; I am a Christian. But we share something fundamentally important...

June 2017

June 21, 2017

To Bigotry No Sanction, To Persecution No Assistance

Two microbreweries, an historic synagogue, and powerful words from George Washington. Not bad for a...

June 03, 2017

The Confusion of Babel and the Clarity of Pentecost

The voices of spirituality, religion, secularism, materialism, power, and greed often are speaking languages so...

May 2017

May 22, 2017

Trump at Liberty University

There are many possible reasons why evangelical Christians voted for Donald Trump in record numbers....

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 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 29, 2017

100 Days In

We have arrived at Day 100 of the Trump presidency, and we're still here. Sort...

April 26, 2017

Wolf Hall

Christian Wiman writes that "every single expression of faith is provisional . . . because...

April 16, 2017

We Had Hoped

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

April 11, 2017

Flowering Trees

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

February 2017

February 10, 2017

Saying What Cannot Be Said

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

February 01, 2017

Playing with Fire

Somewhere I heard or read that one of the top television programs in Finland (or...

January 2017

January 27, 2017

Playing the Nazi Card

We ought not to hide from ourselves that Nazi Germany is a mirror for all...

January 25, 2017

The “F” Word

There’s nothing like unexpectedly dropping an f-bomb on a bunch of students. But it’s even...

January 06, 2017

Religionless Christianity

Now that the New Year is upon us, I'm anxiously awaiting word that my latest...

December 2016

December 28, 2016

Learning Our Lessons

I’ve often said during my close to three decades of teaching philosophy on the college...

December 12, 2016

Constellations

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

December 02, 2016

What Cuba Taught Me About My Faith

For many reasons, I have been interested in Cuba for the past dozen years or...

November 2016

November 07, 2016

Life After Tuesday

A Facebook friend, who has helped the traffic on this blog increase exponentially over the...

September 2016

September 26, 2016

West of What?

The heart of Providence College’s core curriculum is the Development of Western Civilization (DWC) program,...

April 2016

April 16, 2016

Red and Blue Bubbles

As Jeanne and I do various things in the house on Saturdays, we often have...

April 13, 2016

Doubt and Dedication

Last Sunday was "Doubting Thomas Sunday." As I wrote some while ago, despite the bad...

March 2016

March 02, 2016

The Ghosts of Jesus Past

My birthday is in four days (the big 6-0), so I'm doing a bit of...

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