“Pretend Catholics”
On St. Patrick’s Day, I was invited to a White House brunch to celebrate with President Biden and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar. As the fourth so...
Discernment in a Time of Deception: Learning from Simeon to Identify & Receive the True Savior
Luke’s Gospel presents a man named Simeon as the first to identify Jesus as the world’s consoling, Savior King. In alignment with the Magi of Matthew’...
If Heaven is anything…
There’s a popular social media meme with a photo of a dour, even judgmental, crowd facing the viewer with a caption like “Spending eternity with peopl...
Hide and Seek Jesus
The following blog post was originally posted on my blog, “The Jaded Evangelical”. “The Jaded Evangelical” is part devotional and part Christian apolo...
Are You Asking For Trouble?
This article was first published by Good Faith Media and is shared with permission.
What has the North American church gotten itself into? Know...
Adaptation from “Enduring Friendship”
Adapted from Chapter 7, “Excuses”
For years, Bible scholars have danced around the matter by saying slavery in Rome was far different from slavery in...
An Unforgiving Christian, excerpt from “Forgiveness after Trauma”
The summer I turned nineteen, I felt a need to reckon with someone who had both harmed me deeply and done much good in my life. I decided to set new b...
Commentary on Dorothy Day’s article, “Suicide or Sacrifice”
Dorothy Day's article, "Suicide or Sacrifice", was previously published by The Catholic Worker on November 1, 1965 and is reprinted with permission.
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A Tribute to Constantine
The Emperor Constantine was born on February 27 in the year 272 AD. There are parts of the Church that honor him as a saint... so this feels like a go...
For Love of the World God Did Foolish Things
For love of the world God does foolish things is my theme for Lent this year. It came from the fact that Ash Wednesday coincided with Valentine’s Day ...