Imagination, the Gospel, and Impossible Situations
In our disputes, we might need to recall that holiness dwells precisely in ambiguity.
A Coincidence of Birthdays
To understand the celebration of John’s beheading takes a mature understanding of Christian vocation, life, and mission.
A Novena for Vocations to the Monastic Life
I ask readers of Covenant to join with me in praying for vocations to the religious life.
Lent and the Glory of the Lord
The idea that a mortal being could give itself as the immortal Word is a contradiction that would seem necessarily to burst open and destroy human existence.
Epiphany Seen through Monastic Eyes
The central theme for Epiphanytide is the manifestation of Christ to the world, which leads to the obvious exhortation that every Christian is called to repent and believe in the gospel.
Finding the joy of God’s kingdom
For many years I skimmed over the Sermon on the Mount as an example of Jesus’ hyperbolic teaching without engaging it as a key to a deeper relationship with God.
Stumbling again against MTD
Those locked into “now” lack an ability to see their life experience in a collective fashion with input from others.
Facing evil and staking our life on Christ
More and more, Christians must answer the question of why God permits evil.