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December 2020

December 09, 2020

In Advent, We Practice Holy Patience – and a Holy Impatience for Justice

During Advent, it is deeply important for us as committed disciples of our Lord to...

December 30, 2019

A Year-End Retrospective: Looking Back on Failure

It is our work, heavy work, tiring work, work where we often miss our turning...

March 2019

March 11, 2019

I Am Catholic. And I Am Entirely Okay With Pete Davidson’s Comments About the Church

Davidson’s criticisms are not anti-Catholic, however. They are anti-rape, anti-assault, and anti-injustice. And insofar as...

March 08, 2019

Are You A Feminist Just Because You Say You Are?

I’m sorry, but if you don't just differ on certain points, but in fact stand...

December 2018

December 02, 2018

A Season of Judgment, and Purifying Fire

It might be tempting for Catholics to imagine that verses about judgment, about the righteousness...

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...

April 2017

April 13, 2017

this is not the God of vengeance

His disciples must really not have been paying attention to half his teachings, if they...

February 2017

February 27, 2017

talking to my child about privilege

My son, usually very relaxed about conversations on topics of justice, rolled his eyes. "But...

December 2016

December 04, 2016

do we long for the justice of the lord – or do we fear it?

Are we oppressed, or oppressor? Should we long for justice, or should we fear it?...

November 2016

November 28, 2016

advent, our season of eros and discontent

It is the season which acknowledges our fundamental inability to rest perfectly easily in the...

November 01, 2016

the body of christ, the body politic, and the upcoming election

But these are only dreams. They are good dreams to have, because they should leave...