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March 2024

March 21, 2024
“Giannamore! Move with a sense of purpose!” my Drill Instructors used to say when I...
March 15, 2024
Allegory of the Cave  I am teaching an Intro to Philosophy course in a couple...
March 14, 2024
I have written quite a bit over the years on the topic of lovingkindness, though...
March 10, 2024
    Girl Dad  I am a girl dad. I have been one for 21...
March 08, 2024
Five Weeks Out   I am five weeks out from my main spring events –...
March 03, 2024
Chapter 53: The Reception of Guests  The Rule of Saint Benedict is quite clear when...

February 2024

February 28, 2024
My dad turned 76 last week and it really put things into perspective for me....
February 25, 2024
A Long-Distance Runner with Long Covid  I went for a 12-mile trail run today. It...
February 20, 2024
My news feed and my pastor friends are all talking about the “He Gets Us”...
February 17, 2024
I had a long workout planned this morning, 6-8 miles. I did not get it...
February 14, 2024
There are nine types of love according to the Greeks: Philia, Pragma, Storge, Eros, Ludus,...
February 11, 2024
We are hearing a lot about violence these days. Has it ever gone away? Will...
February 11, 2024
 We are hearing a lot about violence these days. Has it ever gone away? Will...
February 08, 2024
Alright! We have made it through January. How is everybody doing with their goals? If...
February 03, 2024
They say you are what you eat. I eat a lot of chicken; I am...

January 2024

January 30, 2024
Tongues James 3:4-5 offers this:  Or look at ships: though they are so large that...
January 27, 2024
“Go to Hell” is common parlance when one is disgusted with another’s behaviors. In our...
January 23, 2024
  The topic of this discussion was inspired by a podcast I was listening to...
January 19, 2024
Micah 6:8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.     And what does the Lord require...
January 13, 2024
In 2017, I turned 40 years old. At this point, I had been running ultramarathons...
January 10, 2024
Religion and Politics In the World Religions class I teach, I have the students look...
January 09, 2024
Is fear an emotion or a perception? What do we do about the notion of...
January 06, 2024
Just Well, we are a week into the first year! If you made a commitment...
January 01, 2024
my coworker's boy Chris. As a three year old, they are generally just bundles of...

December 2023

December 29, 2023
    Why do we believe what we believe? Why is there a higher power?...
December 27, 2023
Many biblical scholars like to speculate on the themes of depression in the bible. When...
December 22, 2023
As we close out 2023, I look back on the year. One of the hardest...
December 18, 2023
Cutting Through the Nostalgia To be honest, I have never been a huge fan of...
December 15, 2023
  Contemplation and mindfulness offer a deeper relationship with the divine. I have been doing...
December 12, 2023
For the fourth in my series on Advent, I would like to discuss the practice...
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