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April 2026

April 26, 2026
A few days ago as I walked onto campus I was struck by a distinctive...
April 22, 2026
Thirteen-and-a-half years after starting this blog, I find myself thinking and praying about its future...
April 19, 2026
In my ethics class last Thursday we began our final unit of the semester: Gun...
April 16, 2026
All that you touch, you Change. All that you Change, Changes you. The only lasting...
April 12, 2026
The Second Sunday of Easter is always "Doubting Thomas Sunday," an opportunity for me to...
April 05, 2026
Easter Sunday--the most triumphant day on the Christian liturgical calendar. According to New Testament scholar...
April 03, 2026
During the college basketball season, we occasionally watch a replay of the Providence Friars' most...
April 01, 2026
I know that today is Wednesday in Holy Week, but it is also April Fools...

March 2026

March 29, 2026
Today is Palm Sunday, one of the most dramatic days on the liturgical calendar. But...
March 25, 2026
Today I am starting a unit on race issues in my ethics class. For the...
March 22, 2026
Today is Lent 5--the gospel text is John 11, John's account of the raising of...
March 17, 2026
I spent last week on a wonderful trip to Sweden with my son. Today is...
March 15, 2026
I just returned yesterday from a wonderful week with Justin in Sweden! To get back...
March 07, 2026
Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. Isaiah 12 In...
March 06, 2026
Today is my birthday, and it's a big one. The big 7-0! My age has...
March 03, 2026
All that you touch, you Change. All that you Change, Changes you. The only lasting...
March 01, 2026
Today's gospel reading gets us back to the basics. Sports fans old enough to remember...

February 2026

February 26, 2026
Human beings never behave so badly as when they believe they are protecting God. Barbara Brown...
February 22, 2026
Today is the first Sunday of Lent; the gospel reading is always one a treatment...
February 18, 2026
Today is Ash Wednesday, which for a hardcore Protestant such as I presents several issues....
February 15, 2026
Today is Transfiguration Sunday, the last Sunday before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent....
February 11, 2026
The annual National Prayer Breakfast happened last week. I don't know what happened or what...
February 08, 2026
Shortly before the 2013 conclave that would elect him as Pope Francis I, then Cardinal...
February 05, 2026
Over the past months, I have become more and more familiar with how Lutherans do...
February 01, 2026
It is a scene so familiar in our imaginations that it has become iconic. On...

January 2026

January 29, 2026
During finals week in December, a student from my Early Modern Philosophy course showed up...
January 25, 2026
Those of a certain age will remember a television ad campaign for the financial firm...
January 22, 2026
There's nothing better than a good dog story--I've told many of them over the dozen-plus...
January 18, 2026
A number of years ago, at the end of a presentation to fellow resident scholars...
January 15, 2026
Readers of this blog know that I have frequently recommended podcasts over the past months...
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