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January 2022

January 05, 2022

God’s Army: Jesus Appraises Two Volunteers and a Recruit

In Luke’s Gospel three would-be followers of Jesus find that they have to pass a...

January 05, 2022

God’s Army: Jesus Appraises Two Volunteers and a Recruit

In Luke’s Gospel three would-be followers of Jesus find that they have to pass a...

January 03, 2022

Introducing John Howard Yoder, ‘The Politics of Jesus’

"The Politics of Jesus" by John Howard Yoder first published in 1972 greatly influenced...

December 2021

December 30, 2021

Cancel culture, Karens, Restorative Justice, and a Prostitute in Luke’s Gospel

“Jesus was not about social justice.” “The Gospel of Luke is a social justice Gospel,...

June 2021

June 11, 2021

American Families Plan: Is Biden’s Proposal Liberal Enough, Catholic Enough?

Or could a proposal by a Republican writer be more liberal, more Catholic? President Joe...

June 19, 2020

If Black Lives Mattered, We Wouldn’t Have to Say It

Now everybody knows about Juneteenth because Trump, unwittingly, was about to desecrate that day of...

June 03, 2020

Analogy vs. Logic: Arguing Matters Close to the Heart

The dangerous use of analogy over protest marches People often resort to the literary...

June 01, 2020

Protesters and Rioters: In Minneapolis There’s a Big Difference.

An on-the-spot reporter for Twin Cities WCCO TV thinks the country will look at Minneapolis...

May 2020

May 30, 2020

Racism and Sympathies and Minneapolis Riots

Do you sympathize with owners of looted stores? I do … but not too much....

May 09, 2020

Economic Scarcity and Eucharistic Abundance: Two Stories about the World

Part 7 on Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire Economy, says William T. Cavanaugh in...

May 03, 2020

Septima Poinsette Clark, Grandmother of the Civil Rights Movement

Common Prayer for Ordinary Radicals, in its May 3 entry, tells about one who was...

May 01, 2020

The DREAM Act was Introduced in Congress First by … Not a Democrat!

Stories from the Magazine of the Catholic University of America My copy of “Catholic,” the...

April 2020

April 27, 2020

Thin Places, McDonald’s World, and the Difference the Eucharist Makes

Part 6 on Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire A few years back a Presbyterian...

April 13, 2020

A Jubilee — What if We Had One Today?

An Imaginative Economic Venture This is a strange economic time, this time of the covid-19...

February 2020

February 07, 2020

Bolsonaro, Evangelization isn’t This: Ex Evangelical Missionary Heads Department for Brazil’s Isolated Tribes

Last fall’s Synod on the Amazon made clear the difference between Catholic and some evangelical...

December 2019

December 31, 2019

Watch Night, Celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation, Started Dec. 31, 1862

Established in African-American communities on December 31, 1862, Watch Night is a gathering to celebrate...

June 2019

June 19, 2019

Minnesota was Fourth State to Make Juneteenth State Holiday

Today is Juneteenth. It was only a few years ago I learned that June 19...

May 2019

May 24, 2019

On the DOCAT, Social Justice Catechism for Youth, Part Two

A Look at Some Weakness amid Overall Strength I wrote last week in praise of...

May 17, 2019

On the DOCAT, Youth Social Justice Catechism, Part One

Strong Challenges in Some Important Areas of Social Life Pleased, excited. These name my reaction...

April 2019

April 19, 2019

CRUCIFY HIM! — What the Jews Did or Didn’t Do on Good Friday

On Good Friday I stood with the congregation in church playing my part in the...

March 2019

March 15, 2019

Blackface and History: How I Learned about the Black Experience

Biblical Faith, ‘About Real Historical Events’ The connection between blackface and Bible history may not seem...

February 2019

February 22, 2019

Minnesota Catholics at the Capitol Pursue Broad Pro-Life

‘As stewards of God’s...

November 2018

November 16, 2018

Cheating Death, Cheating Extinction

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

November 02, 2018

Caravan is a Nice Word: Pre-election Rhetoric versus Compassion

A caravan is a company of travelers on a journey through desert or hostile regions....

October 2018

October 19, 2018

Memorial Statues, Memorial Days, and the Uses of History

Destroying two statues, of Saddam Hussein and of a Confederate general: morally the same or...

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