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January 2019

January 18, 2019

God, Pantokrator: What Does the Creed Say about God’s Power?

I’ve been reciting two Christian Creeds (one of them by heart) since I was little....

January 16, 2019

Miracles and the Ways of God

Should Jesus have worked more miracles than he did? The atheist says, of course he should have....

January 14, 2019

Power to the Powerless: Miracles and the Way of the World

The miracle stories in the Bible include legends and some amazing deeds of power that Jesus...

January 11, 2019

Praying the Joyful Mysteries with Scripture

During the Advent and Christmas seasons I have been praying the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary...

January 09, 2019

Metaphors and Transcendence: Miracles and God’s relation to the world

In my daily prayers I ask God for favors: Help this one recover from surgery....

January 07, 2019

Miracle Stories, Science, and Jesus’ Humanity

Science does not easily accept as real an event that breaks the laws of nature....

January 04, 2019

Evangelization and a Thought about the Three Kings

Catholics that I know admire but feel uncomfortable about Jehovah’s Witnesses. They are the ones...

January 02, 2019

Bible Criticism and Jesus, the Miracle Worker

Jesus fully human is more central to Christian belief than Jesus the miracle worker. We have...

December 2018

December 31, 2018

Stories of Jesus, Intro to Part Two–Miracles, and Contents for the Series

The “Stories of Jesus" series continues with Part Two, the Miracles. This post looks briefly...

December 28, 2018

Returning to the Rosary: Catholics Pray to God with the Saints Sometimes

The Rosary is a lovely prayer, which I loved from a distance for most of...

December 26, 2018

The Creed, a Story that I Tell, Embellished a Bit

When I say the Creed, make my Profession of Faith at Mass, I’m not reciting...

December 24, 2018

Christmas Proclamation Puts Whole World into Jesus’ Story

Tonight many parishes will hear the Christmas Proclamation before Mass on the Eve of Christmas. This...

December 19, 2018

What’s So Fum About Christmas? Answers to the Christmas Carol Quiz

Christmas is a serious as well as a joyful season. You can find both feelings...

December 17, 2018

What’s So Fum about December 5 and 20 and What does ‘Fum’ Mean? A Christmas Carol Quiz

It’s the third week in Advent. Christmas is getting closer. A favorite Christmas carol awakens...

December 15, 2018

COP24 Metaphors: Children Playing Hide and Seek and King’s College Boys Choir

Advent is a season of waiting, and I have been awaiting the conclusion of the...

December 12, 2018

The Impossible Becoming Possible and Stories of the Christ Child

Recently the category of the impossible has become a theme for some theologians. If there’s...

December 10, 2018

The Story of the Magi and Biblical Historical Criticism

Christmas carols tell the story of Jesus that I first loved. Singing about manger, angels,...

December 07, 2018

Kurt Vonnegut’s Christmas Carol

Since I believe the humanity of Jesus is our best path toward understanding divinity, I...

December 05, 2018

Infancy Stories in Matthew and Luke: Credible History?

The infancy stories that we find in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke pose two...

December 03, 2018

The Quest of the Historical Jesus

Christianity finds ultimate meaning in a snippet of history with Jesus of Nazareth at its...

November 2018

November 30, 2018

Silence Honors a Work Well-Done and Makes Other Contributions to Liturgy

I was nearing the end of a presentation on the Mass to a Confirmation class....

November 28, 2018

History and the Historical Jesus

My proposal in this series on the Jesus of history and the character of God...

November 26, 2018

Getting Acquainted with the Historical Jesus and Getting to Know about God

On an intellectual level, God is marvelously hard to know. On the same level New...

November 23, 2018

An Advent Calendar and a Story World in a Skeptical Time

As the weeks of Advent get me looking toward Christmas, I think about how my...

November 21, 2018

Good News on the Way to Emmaus: Why the Messiah had to Suffer

I’ve been imagining which Scriptures Jesus "opened up" for the two disciples on the way...

November 19, 2018

The Sign of Jonah and a Tall Tale about a Prophet who Fails, Like Us

There are different opinions on whether the story of Jonah was a criticism of Jewish...

November 16, 2018

Cheating Death, Cheating Extinction

An article called “Cheating Death” appeared in Commonweal earlier this year. It made me think...

November 14, 2018

Ruth, a Romantic Tale of a Victim who Wins Out in the End, Like Jesus

In the Book of Ruth a member of a nation that Israel traded and warred...

November 12, 2018

Ezra and Nehemiah: Tribal Identity vs. Compassion

Two books in the Old Testament are ones I like least, and two are my...

November 09, 2018

Single-Use is Word of the Year as Election Mostly Ignores Environment

I read in the Guardian that Collins Dictionary has named single-use the 2018 word of...

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