Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18 Psalm 27 Philippians 3:-4:1 Luke 9:28b-36 … contemplation is very far from being just one kind of thing that Christians do: it is the key to prayer, liturgy, art and ethics, the key to the essence of a...
Read MoreIt’s a simple question, but one that is notoriously difficult to answer. I usually start the first day of my “Christian Morality” class by asking my students to journal about what their vision of happiness is,...
Read MoreNehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 Psalm 19:8-10, 15 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 I will never forget the first time I watched Schindler’s List and sat at the end of the movie watching all of the cast silently place...
Read MoreIt is entirely too easy to dismiss as irrational the recent comments from Mike Huckabee when he asked why “we should ‘be so surprised’ at the violence when ‘we have systematically removed God from our...
Read MoreIn my reflection from two weeks ago on the first week of Advent I wrote the following: My practice this Advent, therefore, is to remain present and open to all that comes with this busy season, to experience it in its fullness,...
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