• When is a car really a car?

    When is a car really a car?

    How we understand a situation influences what we think of it. Sometimes we need to change the way we classify the world around us.

  • Vessels of divine love and grace

    Vessels of divine love and grace

    The Epiphany is not just the celebration of some dudes bringing presents. It’s the revelation that God’s grace is suitable for all of us.

  • A Story of Incarnate Grace

    A Story of Incarnate Grace

    In the Holy Family fleeing to Egypt, we see God’s grace appearing in the midst of human tyranny. A story for God’s grace in our tyranny. Fear, love, and the saving of JesusChristmas 2A | Matthew 2:13-23 We just heard the second half of this story. Tomorrow night we will hear the first half. Which…

  • Hawks and Doves

    Hawks and Doves

    The keen hawk is too flattering an image for those who perpetually push for war. We need something far more short-sighted.

  • My 3 Words for 2020

    My 3 Words for 2020

    Resolutions are for breaking. We need something that guides us to be better. So this is what I do. I follow three words for the year.

  • Between — How to Forget About a Massacre

    Between — How to Forget About a Massacre

    making the rest of Matthew’s birth story a liturgical after thought, we are overlooking one of the most powerful parts of Scripture.

  • Top Posts – 2019

    Top Posts – 2019

    This my top ten most viewed posts of the 2019! It’s always interesting to see what analytics reveal about what people are reading! Most Viewed Posts in 2019: 1. 9 Keys to Engaging Youth In Church Not a new post, but the definition of evergreen, people are always looking for help engaging youth in the church.…

  • A Bigger Guest List

    A Bigger Guest List

    When your patron is a martyr, you know you’re in for a challenge. When that martyr mimics Jesus’s challenge to the religious leaders, well…