Tag: doubt

  • Unlocking Ourselves

    Unlocking Ourselves

    When Jesus appears to the disciples in the Upper Room, he invites us to question why we choose to protect ourselves from him.

  • Why we secretly love doubt more than faith

    Why we secretly love doubt more than faith

    It’s easy to read this gospel and think it is about Peter’s lack of faith. But that is reading it completely backwards.

  • Rejecting what is real

    Rejecting what is real

    In the resurrection stories of Easter, we encounter, not just the risen Christ, but the doubt of the disciples.

  • Expanding Peace

    Expanding Peace

    Thomas isn’t the paragon of doubt. He shows us how belief goes way beyond our narrow, post-enlightenment framing.

  • How doubt makes faith better

    How doubt makes faith better

    My autobiography is littered with the debris of doubt. It’s like doubt comes in uninvited and then leaves a trail of its presence, like unwashed sheets, stained coffee mugs, and the TV set to a channel I never watch. Everywhere there’s a piece of it, unescapable. I could also say My life is filled with…

  • Neil deGrasse Tyson’s prophetic moment – Zack Hunt and Cosmos

    I love taking the opportunity to share a post I would’ve written. Even better is when it is a post about finding GOD in the unlikeliest of places, including from the lips of a noted skeptic. That’s my kind of work. Zack Hunt nails it this time with his “A Lesson On Faith From Neil…

  • Technicolor Faith

    a homily for Advent 3A Text: Matthew 11:2-11 From Repent to Doubt When John appeared in the wilderness, a wild man dressed the prophet’s part, we caught a glimpse of his vision for the kingdom of heaven. He preached repentance and preparation: turning away from our pasts and toward a new future, living in a…