The sharpening joy of motherhood
Every relationship invites us into new sharpening from God.
Catholic renewal and Curry in Rome
Should Presiding Bishop Curry have been in Rome? And what does renewal look like?
With all the saints in every place: Ineluctable ecumenism
Communion with God and one another is at the heart of apostolic faith.
The greatest heresy of our time isn’t what you think
Heresies never die. They just take on new forms from time to time.
On being (a doctoral student in theology)
The rewards of an academic career in theology are many, but so are the reasons not to apply.
Northanger, Downton, and the terrors of ‘religion’
We long for visible models of holiness, visible signs that there is more to our lives than the gray monotony of secular disenchantment.
John and Peter, patterns of holy life
Jesus’ words in the Gospel today reveal how Peter and John would die, but also how the disciples provided patterns for two different states of life: the active and contemplative.
New child, new dissertation, new holiness?
I began working on my dissertation proposal about two weeks before my daughter’s birth. My dissertation is now one chapter old and my daughter is seven months.