We Cannot Live As Strangers Amidst Each Other

03.29.2020 ________________________________________ Growing up, when I was a Christian, I remember that on Palm Sunday my family would spend part Continue reading →

Jesus to Trump: “Turn the Other Tweet”

07.09.2017 ________________________________________   I’m looking for a candle-stick maker. I have a butcher from New Hampshire. I have a baker, Continue reading →

Favor Justice and Judgment, not Bigotry

12.27.2015 _____________________   This past week, in sacred spaces ornate and simple, tiny chapels to grand cathedrals, Christians celebrated the Continue reading →

Of Prophets, Zealots and Champions of Truth

08.04.2013 _____________________ It was a thing of beauty. It was a failure and embarrassment of epic proportions. It was a Continue reading →

After Tenebrae Let Us Gather Together in the Light

03.31.2013 _____________________ The most beautiful Christian service I have ever witnessed I encountered in Cambridge, Mass. Within the walls of Continue reading →

Church Makes Inspired Choice in Pope Francis

03.24.2013 _____________________ Today, Palm Sunday, Christians begin Holy Week by remembering Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. For Catholics, there is added Continue reading →

Social Justice, Socialists and Samaritans

10.12.2012 _____________________ “Do you wish to honor the body of Christ? Do not ignore him when he is naked. Do Continue reading →

Afghanistan: Reaping What We Have Sown

03.04.2012 _____________________ ” …; Our attempts to democratize those corrupt savages are rewarded by the “honor killing” of several innocent Continue reading →