Celibacy, Abuse, and the Formation of Desire
The clergy sexual abuse crisis is not born from a lack of sexual partners, but from disordered sinful desires acted out in predatory ways.
Suicide, Sin, and Grace
What does the Church have to offer in the face of increasing suicide rates and a rising mental health crisis?
Called to Serve
An ordination sermon in the Diocese of the Arctic.
Christian Discipleship in Northern Canada
I determined at the outset that Christian teaching must have concrete purchase on the lives of Christian people.
Lead Us Not into Temptation?
The call from our Lord is to persevere in the face of repeated, persistent, and often agonizing temptation. But it’s important to remember that we’re not called to do this on our own.
Dreaming dreams and seeing visions
The revelatory power of dreams is a fairly common theme in Scripture.
Light in the darkness
The Scriptures are saturated with imagery of light; they begin with God speaking light into being and end with the heavenly Jerusalem alight with the glory of God.
Jesus leads us in dying to self
The gospel stubbornly reminds us of death, and not just any death, but the gruesome execution of the only human being to have surrendered perfectly to the will of God.