Rebuilding the Temple
Jesus said to them, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.” They retorted, “This temple took forty-six years to build, and you are going to raise it up in...
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The Superheroes’ Guide to Catholic Social Teaching
Over at Voyage Comics’ monthly online magazine I’ve kicked off a seven-part series on the seven themes of Catholic Social Teaching. Over the next several months we’ll look to some of our favorite comic-book...
Sometimes You Can Go Home Again
I returned to Maine recently to visit with family. So on Sunday, before heading home to Vermont, I returned to the church that had been my home parish, off and on, for many years....
On Comics and Catholicism
A new online magazine has just launched. Voyage Comics is focused on comics and popular media, approaching it from a Catholic perspective. So of course I had to write something for their inaugural issue....
Writings, Scattered and Sown
So what’s been going on these past six months since I’ve posted to this blog? Not as much as I’d have liked, unfortunately. But as we begin a new year I’m planning on writing...
As For Me and My House, We Shall Serve the Lord
A lot has already been written about Jeff Sessions, about his use of a Biblical quote to justify political actions, and about the reasons why he’s wrong. I don’t know that I can say...
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
This year for our Holy Week Tenebrae service I presented a short reflection on Luke 22: 47 – 52 — the betrayal and arrest of Jesus. The disciples are having a very bad day....
Book Review: The Saint and the Sultan
The Saint and the Sultan: The Crusades, Islam, and Francis of Assisi’s Mission of Peace by Paul Moses My rating: 4 of 5 stars The basic story is well-established in the biography of Saint...
To Know Her is to Love Her
Wisdom seems to be in rather short supply these days. I think one reason I’ve found myself so drawn to my theology studies is that it offers a wider view of things. At a...
Can’t Buy Me Love
Is money a form of idolatry? This past Sunday, listening to the Gospel reading in which Jesus speaks of the lawfulness of paying taxes, I had one of those quick and fleeting drive-by thoughts....