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May 2013

May 06, 2013

Go ahead, try failure! The spiritual virtue of blowing it

The economist Thomas Hazlett once told a story about the father of his high-school girlfriend....

March 2013

March 03, 2013

The Prodigal Son and our journey back to the father’s house

Eastern and Western Christians celebrate Easter on different dates, and that means that our lenten...

February 2013

February 26, 2013

What a garden can teach us: A lenten reflection

I spent some time this weekend gardening. Megan and I recently purchased a new house...

March 2012

March 20, 2012

The consolation of the cross

Orthodox Christians this week mark the Sunday of the Holy Cross. At the midpoint of...

February 2012

February 23, 2012

The gangster, the cardinal, and us

In You've got Mail, Tom Hanks's character says that all of life's questions can be...

March 2011

March 09, 2011

What’s the point of Lent?

Lent is the time we’re supposed to forgo things, right? Television, alcohol, Facebook, dessert. We’ve...