Dementia strikes my younger brother
Reason tells me that there is little more I could have done for Chris, yet remorse lingers.
Understanding our embodiment
We have been encouraged in the modern, post-transition age to lose a sense of narrative in our humanity.
Teaching pastoral theology with the Book of Job
How do we encourage people to put themselves into the place of Job, so they see that God is really the one to whom they may need to complain and from whom they need to hear?
Ash Wednesday: Confronting sin and mortality
Ash Wednesday confronts us with two truths we probably don’t like to dwell on, truths our culture encourages us to minimize, deny, or simply ignore.
World without end: Transhumanism and the eternal
The world wants a different kind of “world without end” than what the Church proclaims.
We seem to ‘Want It Darker’
In rock music, especially in the performance arena, there is no room for prayer, but I think that so many of the songs people write are prayers. A lot of my songs seem to be prayers for unity within myself. … Looking at what I have done in my life, in retrospe... Read More...
Groundhog Day, conversion, and limitations
Humans don't like limitations. This isn't entirely a bad thing. The drive to transcend what we are has led to great advances in many areas of science and technology. Heart valves and airplanes, cars and dental ... Read More...
“A mere shepherd of these words”
The other day I heard a fine choir sing "The heavens' flock" — a setting by the Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds of a text by the poet Paulann Petersen. (Have a listen here.) What follows is a series of meditat... Read More...