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March 2018

March 07, 2018

The Sacrament of Two English Muffins on the Floor

My latest at the Catholic Weekly, recalling the strange fears of my youth and my...

February 2018

February 19, 2018

The Strange Need for Ash Wednesday

My latest over at the Catholic Weekly. Here's a taste: One of the paradoxes of...

February 12, 2018

Remember, O Valentine…

that I have a piece on the weird juxtaposition of Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday...

January 2018

January 29, 2018

The Magical Thinking that Blinds…

...is under discussion by Yr. Obdt. Svt. over at Catholic Weekly: I love magic. When...

January 10, 2018

Some Lessons I Learned about Starting Out Sick

...in the New Year are discussed over at The Catholic Weekly. Just as I entered...

December 2017

December 18, 2017

Over at the Catholic Weekly, we are discussing Matthew and Isaiah and the Virgin Birth

It started this way: “Yikes! Is this true?” The email landed in my mailbox with...

December 08, 2017

Missing the Wry Christ

...in which we finish up the series looking at Christ and the Canaanite Woman. Last...

November 2017

November 27, 2017

There are no borders for Christ

The next in my series on the Canaanite Woman: As we saw last time, Matthew...

November 13, 2017

Jesus is not ethnocentric…

and he did not insult the Canaanite Woman. I'm writing about this here at the Catholic...

November 03, 2017

On Differences in the Gospels

We continue looking at Jesus and the Canaanite Woman and some of the issues in...

October 2017

October 27, 2017

Talking about How the Gospels Remember…

...over at The Catholic Weekly: Here’s the deal: the Evangelists are not tape recorders. They...

October 19, 2017

Going to the Dogs

The latest in my series on Jesus and the Canaanite Woman for Catholic Weekly. Here's...

October 12, 2017

Could Jesus Learn Things?

The second part of my series on Jesus and the Canaanite Woman. Here's a taste,...

September 2017

September 12, 2017

The Latest Conspiracy Theory…

...being encouraged and promoted at kook sites like 1 Peter 5 is that Pope Francis...

September 01, 2017

What in Hell are Christians Talking about?

In which we finish out the discussion I had a couple weeks back with some...

August 2017

August 28, 2017

The Hell You Say!

In which Yr Obdt. Svt continues arguing with unbelievers about Hell and what it does...

August 18, 2017

A Hell of an Argument

Here's my latest over at The Catholic Weekly: So recently retired Episcopalian cleric John Shelby...

August 07, 2017

Gospell…

...in which Yr Obdt Svt contemplates the mysteries of English orthography before an audience of...

July 2017

July 25, 2017

Upside Down

My latest bit of pondering for the Catholic Weekly way Down Under in Sydney.

July 13, 2017

Something Astonishing Happened to Me This Weekend

I went to a strange and beautiful planet and saw incredible things! My latest at...

July 06, 2017

Liver and Onions and the Glory of God

A truly important meditation on the weightier matters of the law is my contribution to...

June 2017

June 28, 2017

There’s more to the Church…

...than priestly and religious vocations. Indeed, there's more than the lay vocation. Vocations are means....

June 20, 2017

Trust the Church’s Prudence over Man’s

Particularly when the men in question have been so wrong about so much so many...

June 07, 2017

What about retributive justice?

The latest in my series on the death penalty for Catholic Weekly.

May 2017

May 16, 2017

Mercy for Murderers in Scripture

Part 4 of my series on the death penalty in the Catholic Weekly. Some varieties...

April 2017

April 24, 2017

Capital Punishment – A Study in the Development of Doctrine, Part I

Over at Catholic Weekly: A reading from an ancient manuscript found in Jerusalem authored by...

April 17, 2017

Skagit Salmon Hatching

A Sonnet for Easter Because the Resurrection deserves more than prose.

April 17, 2017

Reasons to Believe the Resurrection Actually Happened

...are under discussion over at Catholic Weekly. First things first: the gospels were not written...

April 10, 2017

Today we are looking at the way Jesus claimed to be the Messiah…

...by riding into Jerusalem on an ass--over at Catholic Weekly.

April 03, 2017

The last part of my series…

...on the duties of a Christian citizen at Catholic Weekly.

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