February 9, 2020
In the novel An Accidental Man by Iris Murdoch there’s a scene at the beginning of the death of the matriarch of a well-to-do middle-class family in London. The nearly-deceased was not really loved, or at least there was little positive affection in a family comprised of members so benignly self-centered. They were awkwardly present at […]
February 7, 2020
“For if we consider the life of Christians in our churches…they have no style of life.” -Jacques Ellul
January 30, 2020
The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord is ancient.
January 26, 2020
A rhetorical question, it was very much meant to sting. Paul to the Corinthians: he asked them, “Is Christ divided?”[1] It was a question which called into question everything; it was existential.
January 24, 2020
Where is hope in the Church? It’s several places; you just need to look.
January 23, 2020
After my first child was born, I’ve come to think a newborn baby the most persuasive thing there is about God.