Priest. Professor. Writer.
Over at Mockingbird, I talk about my young struggles to be known and how lucky I am that no one knows me (with a little help from the Heidelberg Catechism. “Christianity beats a different proverbial drum. It goes something like Continue Reading …
The Bear on FX has been one of my favorite shows in recent years. For those who have worked in the restaurant industry, the show captures the joy, trials, and dysfunctions of hospitality. “As I get older, I realize that Continue Reading …
This piece was a personal reflection on the givenness of my life and the beauty of submitting to the limits of the love of God. It includes one of my favorite quotes from a letter to Dorothy Day written by Continue Reading …
Utilizing the essays of Marilynne Robinson, this paper provides an alternative model to faith integration. Rather than a worldview approach, I argue for a sacramental imagination that helps re-enchant and reinvigorates the educational task. As opposed to two separate spheres Continue Reading …
I adapt my chapter from Theology and Breaking Bad as a jumping-off point to discuss the Better Call Saul finale. Read more here at Church Life Journal.
2022 was a year full of death. I reflect on what death teaches us about dependence, and how we are all prone to resist and ignore such realities. Over at Fare Forward.
Wherein I recommend a ministry vision for life in a “negative world” over at Mockingbird. Read more here.
I reflect on Until the Wheels Come Off over at Christ and Pop Culture. “Rodney Mullen showed up as a lifeline to free Hawk. Mullen came in with his philosophical wisdom, this time quoting Nietzsche: “You make it up to Continue Reading …
Originally displayed in Paula Cooper Gallery in New York City’s SoHo district, Andres Serrano’s The Morgue series continued the artist’s controversial and transgressive work. Set against a black backdrop in a mortuary, he photographed dead bodies in different stages of decomposition. In Continue Reading …
“By attending to slow and silent things, we can train our attention to recognize and see God in the world at large. We can see present in physical things the God who is all and is in all and through Continue Reading …
