A Pleasant Afternoon
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 Posted in writing | Comments Off on A Pleasant AfternoonI’d been sitting outside a coffee shop on a June afternoon. It was sunny with enough of a breeze to add a touch of coolness, and I nursed my cup of coffee for over an hour while several other people ...
Pentecost, 2010
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Pentecost, 2010The New Testament has two stories of the coming of the Spirit, one in the gospel of John, the other in the Acts of the Apostles. In their details, the stories differ on when the event took place, who was ...
The Ascension
Monday, May 17th, 2010 Posted in writing | Comments Off on The AscensionAs seminarians, my Jesuit buddies and I figured that the perfect entrance song for the feast of the Ascension would be the then-popular song “Up, Up, and Away." However, the feast is not really about Jesus going up, up, and away. ...
The New Order
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 Posted in writing | Comments Off on The New OrderWhen Christian communities appeared in the ancient world, they came as a shock to the established culture of military might, political intrigue and technical and architectural accomplishment. They made the incredible claim that the old order of things, which appeared ...
The Elephant
Thursday, April 15th, 2010 Posted in writing | Comments Off on The ElephantThe elephant in the living room of today’s Catholic church is, of course, the abuse scandal. We know it’s there; but we’re also like the blind men examining the elephant in the famous story, each one coming up with a ...
