American religion did not become optional because the gospel failed. It became optional because religion slowly redefined itself around usefulness.
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01/16/26
God makes us pure saints by planting us back in the earth we imagined we needed to escape.
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04/23/25
It’s easy to understand the allure of the shroud. In a skeptical age, a physical relic that appears to bear the imprint of the risen Christ seems like proof positive of the faith.
04/22/25
While I disagree with many things Francis did and believed, I think he deserves credit for this: Francis showed us what Christian leadership can look like.
02/25/25
Despite the mathematical incongruity, the church confesses that Christ is one hundred percent human and one hundred percent divine.
02/24/25
Jesus refreshes you with the promises of the gospel, wrapped in the words of Scripture, drawn in the pictures of the sacraments.
02/21/25
Polycarp’s faith, life, writings, and even his death revealed the fruit of faith and love grafted into his heart by Christ the Vine.
02/19/25
Jesus is very difficult to bring down. That’s the power of it.
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01/20/25
"When God has his say, have confidence that his Word and sacraments bestow precisely what he says."
01/07/25
We now are the magi: we worship Christ because of who he is, but also because of what he has done for us and what he continues to do in his gift-giving to us.
01/06/25
Epiphany continues the work done at Christmas, bringing light and life to a dying world desperate for hope.
12/12/24
Longstanding tradition must be bolstered by something outside of ourselves that also lies outside of the traditions of men.
11/21/24
Christ is the beating heart of Christian faith and its only object.
11/01/24
No matter how many times we hear this good news, it never stops being good news.
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