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January 2021

January 12, 2021

Conspiracy Theories, Alternate Reality, and the Perils of Totalitarian Religion

A sacramental imagination should engage us with what is real and present. It should not...

October 2020

October 04, 2020

We Are All Called To Question Within Our Faith Tradition

Not just the leaders, not just the theologians, but all Christians are called to ponder...

September 2020

September 07, 2020

Facing this Election, We Must Recall the Church’s Teachings on the Dignity and Rights of the Worker

When we talk about "good Catholic" employers, and "good Catholics" schools or universities, we should...

May 2020

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...

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 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...

December 2019

December 15, 2019

Dreaming a Dream of What the Church Could Be

The one church should get over the differences that seem to divide it by means...

October 2019

October 27, 2019

Church As Empire? This Is Not the Catholicism I Signed Up For

But what I am seeing right now is a movement in Catholicism to make it...

May 2019

May 26, 2019

“The Things I Do For Love” – Game of Thrones, The Classics, and the Human Condition

This might seem cynical to people brought up on feel-good romances, the inheritors of our...

November 2018

November 14, 2018

Does the Catholic Church Have a Racism Problem?

Recently Catholic News Agency published an article about the potential cause for canonization of Sr....

September 2018

September 10, 2018

Abuse, Clericalism, and the Culture Of Obedience

Obedience to God is one thing. But how do we know when it’s God? Why...

June 2018

June 22, 2018

What Does the Gospel Teach Us About Property and Illegal Immigration?

There's very little sacrifice asked of us to welcome the stranger. We live in a...