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February 2021

February 15, 2021

People are in Therapy to Recover from Religion – We Need to Ask Why

Religion ought to be, not a bulwark for oppressive powers, but a solace for the...

January 2021

January 19, 2021

Words for Those Feeling Disinherited

Trump’s anti-other rhetoric has had the effect of making hatred acceptable. He has created convenient...

December 2020

December 26, 2020

We Watch ‘The Snowman’, Christmas 2020

We watched The Snowman again this Christmas, but without my brother and sister being here,...

December 22, 2020

Make a Difference: Proclaim “Good News of Great Joy”

By guest writer Tony Magliano The commercialism of Christmas can easily tempt us to...

December 09, 2020

In the Darkness of Advent, Hope Arises

It seems that true Advent hope only rises as we walk the path from darkness—including...

September 2020

September 27, 2020

Theological Foundations, and the Importance of Tradition

Tradition, then, in the broadest sense, is the language in which a community recognizes itself...

September 17, 2020

No, Flannery O’Connor Has Not Been Canceled

I think many of O’Connor’s fans can handle the vision of redemption that she presents...

August 2020

August 03, 2020

Why Supremacy Never Delivers Freedom: Recovering the True Meaning of the Cross

The arc of history will indeed bend again towards justice if Christians everywhere can in...

August 01, 2020

How White Men Lost the Meaning of Redemption

by guest writer Sean O’Conaill Part I – Redemption as Freedom “The cross stands...

July 2020

July 26, 2020

The Value and Necessity of Inter-Religious Dialogue

Religious communities, whatever else they are about, are about love, hope and faith. They are...

June 2020

June 08, 2020

On Retiring Happy and Still Perplexed

Why did I get caught up intellectually in the intricacies of knowledge, faith and belief? ...

May 2020

May 11, 2020

How We Speak About Death

For Christians who believe in the resurrection of the body it seems evasive to talk...

May 03, 2020

How to Stop Talking Nonsense: The Myth of Redemptive Suffering

We must learn to speak words of peace that are not nonsense; words that are...

April 2020

April 27, 2020

What Unites Us? How Christians Can Learn From Jews

We earlier discussed how Christians and Jews are united. Now we need to look at...

April 10, 2020

The Danger of Faith Without Evidence, Religion Without Immanence

The danger of rejecting the moral significance of earthly life, the here and now, in...

March 2020

March 27, 2020

Knowing God, and Wondering Still: How Doubting Fits A Life of Faith

How does doubting fit in a life of faith? It fits a constantly reforming life...

March 16, 2020

What Is Knowledge? Religion, Atheism, and Belief

“God,”again by definition, isn’t in any sense a thing. God is a No-thing, whatever that...

March 09, 2020

Variations on Atheism, and Atheists’ Views on Religion

Other atheists go a good bit beyond The New Atheism and regard religion as a...

March 01, 2020

Atheists and Christians: Are Atheists Deficient In Love?

Allow me to make two distinctions. Among other things in my years of research I...

February 2020

February 26, 2020

The Inevitable Impotence of Male-Only “Authority”

For the Holy Spirit to accomplish God’s good works through members of the Body of...

February 19, 2020

Do Catholic Feminists Wish to Smash the Church’s Patriarchy?

The idea of patriarchy is connected with the idea of dominion, and of orders of...

February 16, 2020

The Flawed Nuptial Imagery in Querida Amazonia – What Can Women Do?

Basically, you're wedded to a groom who is not actually Jesus, but a Jesus-impersonator. He’s...

December 2019

December 17, 2019

Waiting In Darkness, For the Savior Who Never Came

Right now we are in the time before the coming of a savior, so our...

October 2019

October 04, 2019

Lost In Translation: How Christians Frequently Misunderstand Judaism

How do we find unity? We try our best to love one another and engage...

June 2019

June 13, 2019

What Makes a Religious Practice “Demonic”?

So yes, I do think we should ask whether a particular religious practice inclines towards...

April 2019

April 25, 2019

Mystery vs. mystery: A Note on John Gray’s Seven Types of Atheism

This is the deep difference between Gray and myself: for me, for us Christians, the...

October 2018

October 11, 2018

Two Catholic Churches – I’m Staying With One

by guest contributor H. Lillian Vogl I’ve been noticing lately that there are two deeply...

August 2018

August 31, 2018

Forgiveness Is Not Enough, When It Comes To Healing For Victims

While “forgiveness” of “sins” might give the perpetrator a clean slate, it does nothing to...

August 22, 2018

Am I My Church’s Keeper? A Laywoman Ponders Her Responsibility

Above all, though, I feel that I have spent my life as a Catholic with...

July 2018

July 23, 2018

Of Blackberries, Summer, and the Frailty of Time

Time is, we know from philosophy, theology, and physics, something of an illusion. This is...