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January 2020

January 23, 2020

Thanks Be to God—Another Winter

It’s winter again and I should have far more of my dissertation submitted than I...

December 2019

December 10, 2019

Living Saints: Frances

Life is hard. Everyday we wake up and do it again, coffee in hand moments...

April 2019

April 18, 2019

Japanese Anti-Capitalism and the Post-Christian Future

The Bad Sleep Well is my favorite film by Akira Kurosawa. As with many of...

June 2018

June 18, 2018

On Judgment

“A dog is better than I am, for he has love and he does not...

June 14, 2018

Why Dorothy Day Matters

In a piece entitled “Dorothy Day: The Model You Want,” a friend once wrote: I...

April 2018

April 17, 2018

The Narcissism of Expectations

How short our span! If you once realized how brief, you would refrain from causing...

November 2017

November 02, 2017

Vanity, Vanity

I called a friend today, and after chatting about his insomnia and our mutual affection...

September 2017

September 07, 2017

A Meditation on the “Hail Mary”

As I noted the other day, I’ve been trying to be more attentive in my...

September 05, 2017

A Meditation on the “Our Father”

How glorious a prayer it is; a safe haven against all manner of anxieties and...

May 2017

May 25, 2017

Against Apocalypse

Refusing to say we “know” the time is central to Christianity.

May 10, 2017

How to Avoid Cafeteria Catholicism and Champagne Socialism

In my own conversion, Catholicism was attractive precisely because it provided guidance; it made sense...

May 08, 2017

Pope Francis Revisited

Will we read him with suspicion, or shall we honor him in love?

March 2017

March 12, 2017

The First Are Always Last

Thus, the last will be first, and the first will be last. (Matthew 20:16) A...

February 2017

February 26, 2017

Being Forgiven

Last night the deacon’s homily emphasized the reciprocal nature of forgiveness: we forgive so that...

February 25, 2017

Our Daily Bread

Not the Eucharist. I recall being in third grade, given an assignment to visualize the...

February 13, 2017

We Are All Extremists

Extremism is a popular topic these days. For the “Right,” it’s of the Islamic variety;...

January 2017

January 21, 2017

Post-Inauguration Thoughts from a Working-Class Academic

The other day I wrote a reflection entitled, maybe too simply, “Humility.” I took about...