The frail light settles in the meeting place where our knowing ends, and the unmeasured begins. Mystery, they […]
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Throughout the centuries, different metaphors have been used to describe the Church. Some come directly from Scripture, some […]
A concern I increasingly hear from Christians in this country centers on a perceived fear that they (we) […]
As if caught up in a fever dream, she pushed her way through the crowd of mourners and […]
I am not one to contribute to social media posts. In fact, I have a personal rule that […]
We see it all the time on our social media feeds. “Marked safe” from the LA fires, Hurricane […]
Virginity, once a symbol of spiritual purity and divine offering, has been reduced in modern eyes to a […]
“So, you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.” This is […]
In a recent JW post (“Finding Christ” Jan 5), it is quite rightly pointed out that the “magi” […]
The calendar turns with a hollow cheer, a flurry of fireworks dissolving into smoke. “New year, new me,” […]
Today, we encounter the much-loved story of the wise men who travel from the East to worship the […]
For the last 4 centuries, Western culture has fallen into a narrow philosophical hole: progress. At some point […]
To one who said that myths were lies and therefore worthless, even though ‘breathed through silver.’ — J.R.R. […]
Conspiracy theories have been bombarding Americans like the drones inundating the Jersey shore. Just jump on X for […]
We find ourselves here just before the year turns and before the Christ-child arrives. Here, the shadows are […]
Last week, John the Baptist burst into our Advent season with his usual bold and fearless proclamation of […]
The culture war gnaws at Christians because it is no war at all. A war assumes a living […]
Black Friday. The holiest sacrament of capitalism, where the faithful descend like vultures on a carcass. A nationwide […]
I’d like to sit underneath the treeAgainAnd wonder at the glare of blue bouncing off The fragile curve […]
Last Sunday, Americans learned that our president pardoned his son, Hunter. It’s a wide-sweeping declaration covering not only […]