Christ

March 16, 2020

Column: Fear, Hope, and the Coronavirus

It was inevitable, a question of when and not if.
February 28, 2020

Column: On Holiness after Jean Vanier

Maybe there just aren’t saints anymore. Maybe there never were.
February 21, 2020

Column: What Your Church Organist Can Teach You

Think with me, please, on the organ and the organist. There’s something to learn.
January 17, 2020

Column: What is Violence Doing to Our Souls?

What if, saving our bodies, we destroy our souls?
December 20, 2019

Column: Hope is the Inverse of Cancel Culture

Can we imagine enemies as friends, or an addict who’s finally free? What about your husband, your wife, your own hard heart? Can you imagine these surprisingly new? What about us? Can we imagine ourselves beautifully better, different? Can we conceive it? Is it even sensible to try, to ask these questions of hope?
December 8, 2019

Column: Civil War or Reign of Terror?

Are we headed for civil war?
May 10, 2020

Homily: Courage Commanded

They thought he was crazy to rebuild that ruined old church.
May 31, 2020

Homily: Pentecost and George Floyd

To watch this homily, click here. The idea, you see, was of a kingdom, of a peace which passed understanding.[1]
August 8, 2020

Homily: Mercy on the Water

Enslaved in Egypt, when God told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover meal, he made it clear to them that it was going to be fast food.
August 16, 2020

Homily: How to be the Church in a World of Anger

September 6, 2020

Homily: Dante, Facebook, and We Bitter Distracted Pilgrims

To listen to this homily click here. Touring the underworld, Dante got distracted.
October 18, 2020

Homily: Ignoring Caesar, Giving God What’s His

Click here to listen to this homily. The idea that we should care for the sick and the suffering is, of course, relatively new in the history of humanity.