July 19, 2019

Desiring God in Openness to Others

All God wants is to be with us.
July 14, 2019

Homily: Awkward, Uncomfortable Love (Lk 10:25-37)

“Telescopic Philanthropy” is what Charles Dickens called it.
July 12, 2019

Our Culture’s Fundamental Question: Who is My Neighbor?

Who is my neighbor? It is our culture’s most fundamental question.
July 5, 2019

Missing the Marks of Jesus

Our mission is to advance the kingdom of God by making disciples of Jesus.
June 30, 2019

Homily: On Stupidity and Unfit Disciples (Lk 9:51-62)

Simone Weil, that eccentric and brilliant woman, said once, rather famously, that it was “more useful to contemplate our stupidity than our sin.” Contemplating sin risked pride, she said; admitting failure due to “sheer stupidity,” on the other hand, the bad results of our plain mediocrity: “No knowledge is more to be desired,” she wrote. Because […]
June 28, 2019

We Unfit Disciples

“Discipleship is not an offer man makes to Christ,” said Dietrich Bonhoeffer. And it’s the point of this Sunday’s passage from Luke, about being “fit for the kingdom of God” (Lk 9:62).