Everyone’s an artist
It's hard to think of a job worse than that of performance artist — enacting with one's body and very life foundational truths of the universe. And yet...
Anglican chiropractics
The overuse of technology isn't just a temptation to escape from the present.
A different sort of scholar
"My entire worldview has been shaped and transformed by my involvement at the parish near campus."
A junior in college wrote this sentence about the life and work he's found hanging around the upstairs choir... Read More...
The power of prayers
The first night I prayed Compline was the day a friend's child had died. When we arrived at the prayer of St. Augustine, I felt as if it'd been written expressly for that balmy night.
What Benedict taught me about liturgy
In 2010, I adopted a two-year-old German Shepherd, and I named him Benedict. There was a man of German descent on Peter's pontifical seat, and I was in seminary: it all seemed very clever. As usual, the Holy Sp... Read More...
Raising Rory & raising Ruth: on Gilmore Girls
Stars Hollow, CT, is a school for holiness, in which the Gilmores receive a thorough education and by their graduation day leave all devotees with proud tears in their eyes.
Living water
A few weeks ago, the city of Columbia suffered a break in the water line near my house. For the next two days, I didn’t shower.