We Can’t Just Rebuild
It is tragically fitting that this catastrophe should take place in France, once the home of the Holy See and now among the most secular nations in the West.
Christ’s Harrowing of Hell
The paradox of the Paschal Mystery is that both the silent suffering and the first celebration of Easter are the truth of Holy Saturday.
A Fire that Rekindles?
The disaster of Notre Dame is not likely to revive Christian belief, but the long process of rebuilding may also rekindle anew an appreciation, if not for religion, then for the idea of faith and the possibility of the transcendent.
The Coffee Stains of Faith
Tim Schenck's Holy Grounds is about how coffee and faith are berries on the same tree.
Seek the Lord: Creation Care and Midwest Flooding
Lent is a crossroads. A choice has to be made. It is our task to live by our baptism and show Jesus’ light in the midst of the brokenness.
Augustine and Pelagianism: Myth, Heresy, and Orthodoxy
Pelagius did not in fact hold the majority of the positions ascribed to him. What does this mean for orthodoxy?
The Spiritual Significance of Church Bulletins
The typical Sunday bulletin is not an aid to worship, but provides myriad distractions.
Translating the Trinity
Much of our prayer is already an exercise in translation. We seem to forget in our liturgical debates that even the Scriptures and the Creeds were not revealed to us in English.