On BBQ and other mysteries
What constitutes a valid BBQ? And do our cookbooks shape or reflect our knowledge of the real thing?
Worship, law, and “my personal Jesus”
The idea of a personal relationship with Jesus that lacks the experience of grace as command is just plain silly. Like sex without committed fellowship under God, it ain't the real thing.
More Catholic than the Pope
“That’s no way to talk to the Pope.” This gratuitous and immature comment was my lame attempt at humor. The occasion was the reading of the notorious incident in Syrian Antioch, narrated by St. Paul in Galatians 2:11-14, Paul upbraiding Cephas.