For about 6 months now I have been absolutely enjoying Jesuit spirituality. It has broadened my horizons and pushed me into new territory the longer I study it. What is Jesuit spirituality, you ask? It is an approach to Christian […]
Jesus reveals to us God, but also reveals to us Humanity. There you go. If you get that sentence, then you get the rest of what I am about to say. Feel free to stop reading, or, feel free to […]
So, if you have been around me at all in the past year or so you have probably heard me reference the Enneagram. The Enneagram is an alternative personality model that I believe is better than Myers Briggs or the […]
Karl Barth, possibly the best systematic theologian of the modern era, once remarked that he was embarrassed that anyone would try to be “Barthian.” He commented that any theology that is not ultimately a theology of freedom, is a poor […]
If you were to spend any amount of time around me, you will find that there are a few names that keep popping up…
The Sermon on the Mount is not about politics, but it has political ramifications. In fact, the whole of the Christian life has political implications. This can be said for one primary reason, we are called to love our neighbors…
For the past week, I have been sleeping 5.5 hours a night in the middle of the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. I have been looking forward to this week for quite some time. There is not much that beats […]
Today was day one of a three day conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico for me. It is called Conspire and is an annual conference on (essentially) Franciscan spirituality in today’s world. One of the keynote speakers, James Alison, spoke at […]
Perhaps I am writing this as much as for myself as for you, but… Don’t give up. There may feel as though there are enough reasons to give up. It may feel as though there are enough frustrations and failures […]
The other day I took a few moments to look at one of my favorite passages in the New Testament. Romans is a letter written by the apostle Paul to the church in Rome. Romans 12:2 reads as follows in […]