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December 2014

December 08, 2014
Holiness is a theological concept that under-girds the entire life of the Christian community. It...
December 07, 2014
Spiritual life is not a cake walk. I have to confess I feel like most...
December 06, 2014
Advent is a season that the christian church has historically used as a time to examine...
December 04, 2014
I recently posted an article talking about what the word holiness means.  Today I want to...
December 02, 2014
I don't know if you caught it, but there was a great moment on the...
December 02, 2014
One fascinating image I have been attracted to is that of Christ Appearing to The...

November 2014

November 26, 2014
"from the greatness and beauty of created things comes a corresponding perception of their Creator......
November 25, 2014
Although I tend to be more attracted to traditional icons and iconography I have a...
November 23, 2014
In this weeks Leactionary text from Matthew 25 we are presented with the last of Jesus...
November 20, 2014
Most people who grow up in the Church have heard the word holy more than...
November 18, 2014
One thing that religious art and iconography sometimes does spectacularly, is illuminate the ways in...
November 15, 2014
Salvidore Dali's Sacrament of the Last Supper is in many ways, is a culmination of the artistic...
November 13, 2014
The internet is abuzz today about some racy photos of Kim Kardashian that recently came...
November 09, 2014
Early this year Henry McCollum, North Carolina’s longest serving death row inmate, walked out of prison...
November 06, 2014
I ran into this quiz today and thought it was fun. It attempts to track...
November 05, 2014
Jesus’ death matters. I think very few Christians would disagree with that statement. For nearly...
November 04, 2014
A few years ago I was at my friend’s home near election Day. We were...

October 2014

October 19, 2014
One of the challenges in reading the biblical account of the Transfiguration is determining what...
October 16, 2014
I recently had a chance to chat with veteran comedy writer Eric Kaplin - @ericlinuskaplan - about...
October 07, 2014
Jacopo Bassano’s painting, The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, offers a fascinating interpretation about what it...

September 2014

September 29, 2014
Being a Catholic comes with many challenges. We are called to lay down our lives...
September 22, 2014
There are few examples of the Kingdom of God that are more creative and inspiring...
September 21, 2014
Well today is my Birthday. All in all September 21st is a fairly great day...
September 17, 2014
The latest book by Mike Aquilla and Donald Cardinal Wuerl came out this week. It...
September 16, 2014
This past Sunday the Church celebrated The Exaltation of the Holy Cross, a feast in...
September 10, 2014
I recently sat down to talk with Aaron Cobb and Ron Belgau ( @ronbelgau ) to talk about...
September 05, 2014
It’s no secret that the Annunciation has been one of the most influential passages in...
September 03, 2014
This week @RealJohnGreen posted a great video reflections on his trip to Ethiopia. In it...

August 2014

August 26, 2014
  I have always been intrigued by the setting of the great Venetian painter Jacopo Bassano's...
August 19, 2014
This week I had a chance to join a panel on liturgy for the Theologues...
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