Book review: “A Riff of Love”
The Gospel calls us to conversion. Jesus invites us into ongoing repentance that involves receiving a new vision…
Toward the fire
In 2002, during the months in which the The Boston Globe released the findings of its investigation into…
Following Jesus outside the box
Since I was a kid, good folks started challenging me to think “outside the box.” In one case,…
Entry into Advent: the pacing of discovery
Psalm 80 is often read in churches all over the world during the Advent season. Throughout this psalm…
Being part of a Church broken by sex abuse and lies
Imagine you were violently attacked and dropped off a balcony into a dark alley, and somehow you survived.…
Praying with voices from Charlottesville and learning how I am racist
I have never been to Charlottesville. In fact, I have barely spent anytime in the American South. Like…
Here’s how to help end gun violence with thoughts, prayers, awareness and action
God have mercy on us: there was another mass shooting in the USA yesterday. Five people were killed,…
Fear, darkness, and Advent
Lately a certain Gospel instruction is has been grinding challenge into my life, really giving my heart a doozy…
Everyone’s children and nobody’s property
Right now, at this Internet-saturated time in history, screams for help are coming out from the shadows. As…
An Advent song for our age
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit,…
