Now that I am a father I thought I might give you updates on my prayer life with my son. So far it’s been awesome. He wakes me up early and we go pray while him Mom is asleep. I have something called a moby wrap which I wrap him up in and he curls up comfortably while I pray. He likes the Treasury of Daily Prayer, and the Liturgy of the Hours a lot since I chant and sing... Read more

I ran into this video via a friend from seminary here at North Park who is working for the Marin Foundation who hosted this session a couple weeks ago. The Marin foundation is a organization that is working for the re-humanization of the LGBT community I thought it was very good. I have always had trouble finding my voice on this issue. As one of our readers recently told me “The way the churches have joined and even provided the... Read more

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This week had so many great saints it was hard to choose. The week started out with the feast of St. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, whose importance can’t be underscored enough. The church also remembers  Saint Luke, the Evangelist who wrote the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts. The Eastern Church also remembers one of the coolest sounding saints I have ever run into this week: Averkios, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Wonderworker of Hierapolis, who is known for tearing down idols and... Read more

 I am a big proponent of infant baptism. I know many of our readers are not. Since my first child was born last week I thought this week would be a good one to highlight this quote by St. Cyprian and hopefully engage in conversation with anyone who would like to talk about the issue. Let me know what you think “In respect of the case of infants, which you say ought not to be baptized within the second or third day after birth,... Read more

Sin is a difficult issue to discuss because for most people it is a difficult thing to define. For many people sin is simply doing what is wrong. For others the donation of something as “wrong” is even a little irksome to them; sin in these cases is often defined as a transgression of certain laws, cultural norms, or taboos. If we see sin as transgression than the debate begins to swirl around the qualifiers of sin. People begin to... Read more

One of the most controversial and confusing books in the Bible is the Song of Songs, or Song of Solomon as it is often called. This book is a poem that shows the Movement of a woman and a man in courtship that moves into consummation. One could argue the Missio Dei is also an example of this movement. I think this is the reason that this book has often been used analogously to the life of God to his... Read more

The Book of Hosea recorded the oracles of a prophet named Hosea in the land of Israel just before Israel is conquered and crushed by the Assyrian armies. In the early chapters we find that Hosea proclaims his message not just by speaking, but through a prophetic action. God tells Hosea to marry a prostitute, and he does. Her name is Gomer. This becomes the backdrop for the messages that are recorded in the book. Hosea seeks out Gomer and... Read more

I am a father! My wife just gave birth to our son. I am so excited and don’t have a lot of energy to write tonight. I thought I would post the prayer I prayed just after he was born: O God, Creator of life, You have again revealed Yourself in the beautiful mystery of birth;thank you for alleviating my wife’s pain and holding Your protecting hand over her durring delivery. Thank You for Your mercy; it was Your power... Read more

This weeks Saint is one beloved by much of the Western church. This week we remember Teresa of Ávila. She is known as one of the greatest mystics in the churches history. As a little girl she fell in love with reading the lives of the saints and ran away from home to search for Martyrdom with her brother. This attempt was foiled by their uncle who brought them home. When she grew older she became a Carmelite nun. In the... Read more