The Cross: Absurdity or Power?
The title of this Holy Week post comes from First Corinthians. St. Paul tells the Corinthians that the Cross is a stumbling block for the Jews and a folly to the Gentiles. While praying with the...
View ArticleGlory 2014
I just finished a weekend of beautiful liturgies, new friendships, messages and music that ignited once again the embers of a passion for truth, beauty, and goodness. I was one of the speakers for the...
View ArticleSeeking Him
Pope Benedict pointed out something about the second chapter of Matthew that I had never considered. Herod calls together the scribes and chief priests to find out where they were expecting the...
View ArticleHe makes Himself a Child
When searching for seeds for meditation, I generally turn towards the writings of Pope Benedict. If I was stuck on a desert island, I would only need my Bible and a copy of Jesus of Nazareth and every...
View ArticleThe Art of Waiting
Tonight is our monthly Theology on Tap gathering. I’m in charge of getting the speakers, so I suppose it looks like a cop-out tonight when the speaker is me. To my defense, people have asked me in the...
View ArticleTheology of Woman
Pope Francis has quickly established himself as a good story. The press have been eating him up since day one, ironically even while he says things shockingly similar to his predecessor. Like his...
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