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November 2014

November 19, 2014

Making Hell or Welcoming Heaven: Keystone XL and Our Disordered Desires

If you want to see hell on earth do an image search for “Alberta Tar...

November 13, 2014

How was your weekend? Busy.

My daughter and I stood in line, our reflections curved in the glass of the...

May 2014

May 28, 2014

Cycling as an Eschatological Activity

I’ve been cycling a lot lately, the spandex, sunglasses and shaved-legs kind, yes, but also...

May 23, 2014

Denying Christ’s Body: The Dangers of Ecclesial Gnosticism

The oldest heresies in Christianity have been those that have denied the body—Christ’s body, our...

January 2014

January 10, 2014

Incomplete Thoughts on Secrecy and Silence (Mostly Reminders for Myself)

We don’t have many secrets these days nor do we keep them, our own or...

August 2013

August 16, 2013

Putting Your Money Where Your Heart Is: Mark Scandrette’s Free

This post is a part of the ongoing Patheos Book Club discussion on Mark Scandrette's Free:...

July 2013

July 23, 2013

You Don’t Need an i_____ and Other Spiritual Truths

We’ve been downsizing, trying as much as we can to live with less. In a...

May 2013

May 03, 2013

Meditation on the Dandelion

What follows is a mediation sparked by the lectionary reading from Revelation 21:10,22-22:5 for this...

April 2013

April 09, 2013

Why Christ Still Has His Wounds

A Sermon on John 20:19-31 In Dante's Divine Comedy, after he's followed Virgil through hell,...

March 2013

March 13, 2013

Gluttony: My Mix of Laziness and Ambition

I’ve been realizing that I’m a glutton. At least that’s the name for it that...

February 2013

February 13, 2013

Remember that you are humus

Ash, you should know, is a great source of phosphorus and potassium—two members of the...

February 11, 2013

Training for Easter

I went for a long run today and it wasn’t easy. I can usually go...

January 2013

January 08, 2013

In Praise of Single Function Devices

I’ve been wearing a watch recently. It’s nice—it tells me the time. I’ve also been...

January 03, 2013

Relevant Idols

The church is meant to be an icon--a picture of what divine love looks like...

December 2012

December 21, 2012

How to Turn a Cheek

On Wednesday Robert Seigel gave a sharp interview with Richard Land, director of the Ethics and Religious...

December 18, 2012

The Old Story Made Real and New

Bethlehem, we often forget, is a real place where people are still born and grow...

December 12, 2012

Where Our Treasure Is

Not long ago my wife had a conversation with a financial adviser She'd worked for many...

December 06, 2012

St. Nicholas and a Season for Sledgehammers

I'm considering a war on Christmas. Not because I don't enjoy Christmas trees and gifts...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

Prayer Walk

It's that time of year--the busy time and we haven't even begun Advent. It is...

November 23, 2012

A Day for Attention

Yesterday we feasted, we spent time with family, and now we rest. If we practice...

October 2012

October 27, 2012

Free Day

Many training gyms around the country reserve Saturday for a free day. It's a time...

October 15, 2012

Memorize Monday: Blessings and Warnings

The Exercise: Memorize Luke 6:20-26: 20Then he looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed...

October 09, 2012

Write a Minister

The work of organizing, encouraging, and prodding along (in some cases) God's people is difficult and draining...

September 2012

September 25, 2012

Replacing the Future

The future is an obsession for many of us--we plan for it, insure it, invest...

July 2012

July 25, 2012

Go Away

Solitude can be difficult to find, whether we are around people or lost in loneliness....

July 24, 2012

In the Night

There is a long tradition within monasticism and Christian asceticism of waking to pray in...

July 18, 2012

Palms Down, Palms Up

Sit in a straight backed chair and imagine Christ before you. Place your palms down...

July 15, 2012

The Difficulty of Pleasure

Pleasure can be a difficult thing. Often we distract ourselves from true, deep pleasures by...

July 05, 2012

Rest Day

Whether lifting weights or training for a marathon, rest is critical to physical exercise. Why...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

Fully Alive

Irenaeus of Lyon wrote, "For the glory of God is the human person fully alive;...