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BLOG 2/18/15. THE ENIGMA OF SELECTIVE CHRISTIAN ETHICS In my last blog I was heralding Pope Francis and his ethical focuses (foci?), especially his teachings on the environment. It is no secret that ethics tends to be something of a … Continue reading →

BLOG 2/15/15. CHRIST THE CONTROVERSIALIST … AND POPE FRANCIS The late John R. W. Stott of London was a giant in terms of his influence upon my generation. He was a prolific writer, a gentle soul, a profound scholar, and … Continue reading →

BLOG 2/11/15. CAN SEAMUS HEANEY TEACH THE CHURCH SOMETHING? From time to time I mention Seamus Heaney, the much loved Irish poet who died a couple of years ago. I was so impressed that one of the major Irish newspapers … Continue reading →

BLOG 2/8/15. OSCAR ROMERO, ST. TELEMACHUS, … AND US I, for one, have been rejoicing that this present Pope Francis has determined to beatify the martyred Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador. I have been so blessed by Romero’s example. … Continue reading →

BLOG 2/4/15. “THEY DO IT EVERY SUNDAY” – WHY? “They do it every Sunday, They’ll be over it on Monday, It’s only a habit they’ve acquired.” That little limerick percolates up out of my past from time to time. It … Continue reading →

BLOG 1/28/15. CHRIST, ISLAM, AND ‘MOTHERLESS CHILDREN’ A couple of weeks ago, I posted a blog describing some conversation partners whose spiritual emptiness and agnosticism reminded me of the old spiritual song: “Sometimes I feel like a motherless child … … Continue reading →

BLOG 1/25/15. CHRISTIAN FAITH: COMFORT OR OFFENSE? It is an issue, or a question, that has confronted Christ’s followers, and his church, from its very inception: Is Christ’s gospel a message of comfort, or is it an offense? The answer: … Continue reading →

BLOG. 1/21/15. IT’S A PUZZLE OF WHY THE CHURCH EVEN EXISTS! Did you ever stop and ponder how ridiculous it is that the church even exists? Those two millennia ago, out there on the remote corner of the Roman Empire, … Continue reading →

1/18/15. A PROPHET OF HOPE, AND A PRACTITIONER OF RECONCILIATION Since tomorrow is our national Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, I thought I might introduce to some of my readers another incredibly significant civil rights figure who has influenced so … Continue reading →

BLOG 1/14/15. THE CHURCH WHERE YOU’RE NOT LOOKING Let me pursue the question I asked in my 1/11/15 blog about: where would some seeking “motherless child” look to find what his/her heart was looking for? I offered up one episode … Continue reading →