October 6, 2019
To listen to this homily click here! The Jewish scholar and rabbi, Naftali Brawer, tells a story I’ve always remembered of the time he visited a synagogue in Jerusalem for the Kabbalat Shabbat service; this is a ceremony with origins in the mystical traditions of medieval Judaism, a ceremony of ritual and song welcoming the Sabbath, […]
September 22, 2019
To listen to this homily click here! I used to love watching televangelists, the crazier the better really.
September 8, 2019
About the second reading from Philemon, just to catch you up: Onesimus was a slave in Colossae, and Philemon was his owner.
September 1, 2019
We should accept that it is awkward being a Christian.
August 25, 2019
Click here to listen to this homily! Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.
August 18, 2019
Click here to listen to this homily! Ten years ago I wrote a book on martyrdom, Christian martyrdom, on how Christianity can neither be understood or practiced without also understanding martyrdom, without also, at least in principle, being open to it for oneself.[1] I also suggested that if we wanted to know how to behave as […]