This week Church of the Ressurection, in Wheaton, IL posted a great little image saying: To help prepare you for worship during Holy Week, we offer this reflection on genuflection using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). If you don’t know yours, you can take an unofficial version here. Each Holy Week personality is paired with a patron saint, so we can imitate them in our own unique, sacred pathways. Read the description for which services provide adoration opportunities that are the... Read more

Last week I had a chance to present a talk along with Paleontologist Michael Cherney. Michael gave his perspective as a Catholic and a Scientist and presented the reasons why he considers himself to be a “Darwinian” Christian. He believes in the theory of evolution as the best explanation for the biological diversity in the world today. He rejects Young Earth creation accounts that take the book of Genesis to be referring to 6 literal 24 hour periods of time,... Read more

This article is the third and final instalment in my series on reconciling the papacy between east and west. You can read the first post that offers and overview of the history of the papacy in relationship to the East here. You can read the second installment that goes over Eastern perspectives on paths to unity here. I hope you will leave any feedback you have on this project in the comments section below. ————————————————————— The west has contributed significant... Read more

Lent is a time of year that we devote to prayer, fasting and alms. It reminds us of the justice of God and calls us to live out God’s love and justice to the neighbors around us. As many of you know the major justice issue I focus on is hunger. I view the world though “bread colored lenses.” I think Lent offers a great opportunity to take some time to learn and act about issues of justice that we are... Read more

This morning my 4 year old son and I were getting ready for the day and I told him it was Thursday. He reminded me it wasn’t just a Thursday, it was a day to get ready for Easter and that made it special. I smiled and and told him he was right. Today was a special day, and that ever day was going to be special for the next 40 days (give or take a few Sundays). He asked me how... Read more

We recently began a series exploring the relationship between the Pope and the Eastern Orthodox Churches. In the first article I laid out a brief history of the relationship between the East and the Pope. In this entry I would like to turn my attention to contemporary Eastern Orthodox perspectives on the issue. Recent theologians in the Orthodox Church have offered substantial insights into paths for unity with the Catholic Church on the subject of the Papacy. Taking the time... Read more

This week thousands came to Washington D.C. to march to defend the rights of human beings of all shapes and sizes as part of the annual “March for Life” rally. While I was living in D.C. I had the privilege of seeing this group converge every year. It was a remarkable sight to behold. I still count going to Mass in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception with all the marchers as one of the most... Read more

Among the many issues that divide East and West, the papacy is arguably the largest issue that concerns theologians today. This sentiment has been repeated by many Christian leaders, Catholics and Orthodox alike. Take for example the words of Pope Paul VI who stated in 1967 that addressing how to understand the papacy is “undoubtedly the gravest obstacle to the path of ecumenism.”[1] This sentiment has been echoed by many in both the Eastern Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Churches,... Read more

Poetry is a dying art. Few people write it, read it, or would even know how to if they tried. It requires a heart, an imagination, and the ability to sit within a tension. In today’s sound-bite culture people have lost the essential ability to read with the kind of reflection and pacing necessary to read a poem. This is a deeply tragic cultural illiteracy. Being unable to dwell in poetry means you are unable to dwell in the world of the Bible because so much... Read more

This week I posted a nice article on how the Creed can transform and guide your faith on Theologues. I love how the Creed offers us the story that God is inviting us into and helps contextualize our lives within the very life of God. I encourage you to take a peek over at Theologues where the article is posted and let me know what you think in the comments there. Are there any ways you would add? What would... Read more