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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?
September 12, 2019

What Comes First

“Then the celebration began.” -Luke 15:24
September 19, 2019

The Trial of Prosperity

“But for many, it is prosperity of life that constitutes the greatest trial.” -St. Basil the Great
September 26, 2019

Whether You Like It Or Not

“…our brothers in God, whether you like it or not…” -St. Gregory of Nazianzus
October 4, 2019

What Real Help Looks Like

To help only when you want to help is not really to help. To serve only when you want to serve is not really to serve. That’s just the harsh truth of it, Christian or otherwise.
October 11, 2019

Saved By Saying Thanks

To recognize grace, to see the beauty that always is, belongs to the Christian and human struggle.
October 25, 2019

The Grace of Being a Sinner

Actually, it’s grace to be called a sinner, and a personal achievement to believe it.