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May 2015

May 01, 2015
Earlier this month Bishop Larry Silva of Honolulu made waves by instructing his diocese that...

April 2015

April 24, 2015
Today we the 100 year memorial of the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. It has...
April 24, 2015
As some of you may have heard, I am in the process of turning an...
April 21, 2015
This week, the United Nations is deliberating in New York how to implement the 17...
April 20, 2015
As a layperson in the church, learning how to be faithful in my work is something...
April 13, 2015
Hey friends, I just wanted to share with you a project I'm starting. I have...
April 06, 2015
A great quote by Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1888), on books. I though some of you...
April 02, 2015
Tonight we begin the Triduum. Tonight we gather together in remembrance of Christ. Tonight we...
April 02, 2015
I'm not sure if you saw this but I thought it was really cool. The...
April 01, 2015
I had an unexpected encounter with the sacred this week. I had parked the car,...
April 01, 2015

March 2015

March 30, 2015
This week Taylor Marshall posted an article encouraging Catholics from refraining from attending Christian Seder...
March 22, 2015
This week Church of the Ressurection, in Wheaton, IL posted a great little image saying: To...
March 18, 2015
Last week I had a chance to present a talk along with Paleontologist Michael Cherney....
March 06, 2015
This article is the third and final instalment in my series on reconciling the papacy...

February 2015

February 26, 2015
Lent is a time of year that we devote to prayer, fasting and alms. It...
February 19, 2015
This morning my 4 year old son and I were getting ready for the day...

January 2015

January 31, 2015
We recently began a series exploring the relationship between the Pope and the Eastern Orthodox...
January 22, 2015
This week thousands came to Washington D.C. to march to defend the rights of human...
January 10, 2015
Among the many issues that divide East and West, the papacy is arguably the largest...
January 02, 2015
Poetry is a dying art. Few people write it, read it, or would even know...

December 2014

December 30, 2014
This week I posted a nice article on how the Creed can transform and guide...
December 21, 2014
It's the fourth week of Advent. I hope you are finding the light of Christ is...
December 20, 2014
Last week in my “Modern Magi on the Meaning of Christmas”  conversation featuring with Scot McKnight,  Nadia Bolz-Weber,...
December 18, 2014
Bluefield College recently created what they are calling the "Hardest Bible Quiz You'll ever Take."...
December 18, 2014
The scripture is filled with references to music. One of the most powerful is the...
December 16, 2014
A few days ago Josh Tyra, a student at Trinity in Deerfield, IL, posted this...
December 16, 2014
I have long wanted to visit Iceland. It seems like my version of paradise. Not...
December 14, 2014
Did you catch Saturday Night Live yesterday? They had a spot-on sketch about going to...
December 11, 2014
Christmas is almost here and Patheos  is hosting a special conversation about it called “Modern...
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