Why did the church dedicate a day to St. Michael anyway? Who is he, and what does he do?
09/26/25
The Antichrist offers another continual presence. It is every whisper that tempts us toward autonomy, that tells us to carry it alone, that insists suffering is meaningless.
09/25/25
He is the God who always is, whose Word is true, and never fails. He is a God who acts and always does what he says he’s going to do.
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11/29/18
“Whatever you do, don’t share the Gospel with me?” Those were my exact words to my slightly mystified seminary professor. As he set his coffee down, I could tell that he was holding back in an effort to allow me to process what I was thinking.
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11/20/18
He was a beggar on the streets. And, he was as good as dead if he didn't receive a blessing. The words, "you're cursed" haunted his mind.
10/30/18
Consolation is the breath of life filling our lungs, hearts, and minds with the fresh, incorruptible air of the new creation.
10/26/18
Rather than calling me to pick burrs off my coat, God’s love strips me of my delusions and cuts to the heart of my disease.
10/17/18
It is only when individuals are bound together in community that they become fully human.
10/13/18
Here is a lament I’ve written especially for victims of hurricanes. May it be for you, for your family, or for your church, a way to put into prayer the anguish of your souls.
09/11/18
When we Christians shoehorn Creedal Christianity into any of these ideological positions we obscure the Gospel mingling it with the Law and strip the Good News of its catholicity.
09/10/18
Right now (and I would add, for quite some time) there has been a debate within Christianity about the whole issue of culture.
09/06/18
There was a TV show back in the ‘90s called “Dinosaurs” that I used to sneak into the living room at night to watch.
08/23/18
As a bass player, when I listen to music, I listen for what the bassist is doing. But, when I listen to music in my 2004 Honda Civic I have a problem: only one of the four speakers works.
08/08/18
The only sea of tranquility that can unite God and man and bring brotherhood among us is found in the Word and sacraments.
07/17/18
I don’t know if you’re like me or not, but ideas can kick around in my head in a big jumble for awhile and then, all of a sudden, something random makes all of the pieces come together.
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