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October 2026

October 07, 2026

Credo: A Story of God Told with the Creed of Christians

About 10 years ago, I began to imagine a personal "Credo" that would be faithful...

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With Carbon Dioxide, 0.014 is a big number

Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California, a climate skeptic, questioned the environmentalists concern about rising levels...

June 12, 2025

Crucifixion as Breakthrough, Horsley’s Nerviest Claim

Last in a series on Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine Richard A. Horsley...

April 2025

April 26, 2025

Jesus’ Politics of Resistance and Renewal

On Horsley’s Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine, Part 3 Richard A. Horsley...

April 20, 2025

Resurrection: More than One Way it Changed the Apostles

The apostles’ experiences of the Resurrection were confusing. Were they true? I think there’s good...

April 19, 2025

‘CRUCIFY HIM!’ What We, Not a Crowd on Good Friday, Shouted

Participating in the reading of Jesus’ passion in yesterday’s Good Friday service and coming to...

April 17, 2025

The ‘Bread of Affliction’ on Thursday in Holy Week

Was Jesus thinking about "Real Presence" during that first Holy thursday supper, or was his...

April 16, 2025

A sacrament of touch on Wednesday of the first Holy Week

Mark crams a lot into Wednesday of Holy Week – or is it Wednesday plus...

April 15, 2025

A Dead Fig Tree and Tuesday of the First Holy Week

It’s Tuesday in the first Holy Week. A little band is walking with Jesus up...

April 14, 2025

Civil Disobedience in the Temple: Jesus Makes a Mark

Monday of the First Holy Week in Mark's Gospel After Sunday’s (the first Palm Sunday’s)...

March 2025

March 24, 2025

Global Warming, Glaciers, and Nearly Silent Catholic Wisdom

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently released an ominous report on...

March 18, 2025

First-Century Palestine was Set for a Leader, Perhaps Jesus

On Richard A. Horsley’s Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine, Part 2 Whatever else...

February 2025

February 25, 2025

A Catholic Burial, Bodily Resurrection, and Funeral Expenses

How carefully must the Church guard the doctrine of bodily resurrection with rules regarding Catholic...

February 13, 2025

Richard A. Horsley Sees Jesus in the Context of Empire

Jesus was a prophet of the renewal of Israel in opposition to Israel’s Roman occupiers...

January 2025

January 26, 2025

Extreme Wealth Deplored by ‘Patriotic Millionaires’ Group

Extreme wealth and ‘wealth extremism’ are threatening democracy and global stability. That’s the judgment of...

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November 27, 2024

Nick Cave and a Rocker’s ‘Faith, Hope and Carnage’

Nick Cave wants to die “inside this life … not halfway out the door in...

July 2024

July 28, 2024

Social Democracy Saves Capitalism: ‘Tyranny, Inc.,’ Part 2

Sohrab Ahmari takes a long, historical view of capitalism and finds one period in the...

July 27, 2024

Economic Coercion and ‘Tyranny, Inc.’ by Sohrab Ahmari

Sohrab Ahmari shows how coercion operates in the American economy, especially in its most recent...

March 2024

March 20, 2024

Easter Triduum at Saint Raphael’s: Three Days with Jesus

Tomorrow the 40 days of Lent will end. These six weeks call to our minds...

December 2023

December 04, 2023

Francis, the Writing Pope: A Walk through Some Major Works

A Maryknoll friend of mine and Orbis Press did us a service with a condensed...

October 2023

October 14, 2023

On Climate Change Pope Francis is Factual and Compelling

October 4 is the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron of ecologists. On that...

October 10, 2023

An Intertextual Reading Places Imperial Texts alongside the New Testament

It’s common to read the New Testament for spiritual enlightenment and moral persuasion. One can...

September 2023

September 15, 2023

Warren Carter Writes about the Bible in a World of Empire

I have written about New Testament texts and the historical Jesus in the context of...

August 2023

August 08, 2023

Axios News, Inflation, Justice, and Young Workers in Asia

The news source Axios reports on young workers in Asia. They seem to be turning...

May 2023

May 17, 2023

Credo: A Story of God. I tell it Again with the Creed of Christians

Christians say "Credo" and tell a story of God's work on earth and in heaven....

April 2023

April 21, 2023

Norman Wirzba Roots Humanity in a Sacred World

On Wirzba, This Sacred Life: Humanity’s Place in a Wounded World What is humanity’s purpose...

April 13, 2023

“Drink the Cup” – Liturgy Teaches Us Eucharistic Vocabulary

My parish makes a big deal out of what to call the two forms under...

April 03, 2023

Catholic Church Repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery

On Thursday, March 30, the Church formally rejected the Doctrine of Discovery. I learned about...

March 2023

March 28, 2023

“Jesus Wept.” Don’t Take the Humanity out of This Human Experience

When I was a child, Lent for me was a time to meditate on Jesus’...

March 14, 2023

Holy Thursday Theology and the Scientific Quest for Jesus in History

And some thoughts for Eucharistic Revival Two books by William R. Herzog II have been...

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