Suffering

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October 2023

October 14, 2023

The Year of the Locust: A Sermon on War

Today I have war on my mind. A week ago, a surprise attack on Jewish...

June 2022

June 29, 2022

Lear’s Shadow: Reading Shakespeare with the Army

My travels this month gave me the unique opportunity to discuss tragedy, courage, and Shakespeare’s...

June 04, 2022

What Does Tragedy Do?

Does tragedy serve a moral purpose? As my state carries on with funerals this week...

April 2022

April 08, 2022

The Paradox of the Palms

On the eve of Holy Week, I’m noticing the ho-hum way Mark’s triumphal entry account...

March 2022

March 16, 2022

Angels: God’s Trustworthy Tempests

“The world of angels occupies in creation a place which makes it impossible to neglect...

March 02, 2022

What Is Ash Wednesday?

It's Ash Wednesday. What is that again? Today, Christians in the Western traditions begin the...

January 2022

January 15, 2022

Does God Have Ideas?

Theologians—especially premodern ones—often use the language of divine ideas to talk about God’s work of...

December 2021

December 18, 2021

Does God Remember a Lost Future?

What does it mean, theologically, to grieve a lost future? I have been doing some...

October 2021

October 09, 2021

The Cross as the Meaning of Suffering

The posts in this column contemplate our diagonal connection to God. I have written here,...