Priest. Professor. Writer.
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 …
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.
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 …
“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 …
Lessons on leadership from Last Chance U. “Sometimes, I may let some things go. One day I may address it, one day I don’t… I see a young man and I can’t stand his behavior, his activity, and I always Continue Reading …
In this article at Christ and Pop Culture, I use David Foster Wallace, Roger Scruton, and Hans Urs von Balthasar to comment on the addictive nature of consumer entertainment and how true beauty might be an antidote to addiction. True Continue Reading …
But this is our human task: to love the imperfect, to love what shocks us. If we insisted on perfection, after all, no place could ever suit us. But home is a special case, like a mirror held up to Continue Reading …
You know, I think if you care about someone, and you got a little love in your heart, there ain’t nothing you can’t get through together. Ted Lasso Ted Lasso on Apple+ was the gem I did not expect during Continue Reading …
Disney’s Soul is an incredible story about vocation and what makes life truly worth living. One of the things that Soul demonstrates is Joe’s (and our) overemphasis on vocation. In Christian communities as well as in the secular sphere, I fear we’ve Continue Reading …
I employ James K.A. Smith and George Herbert to evaluate Holy by Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper. These thoughts stemmed from a class discussion on erotic desire. If you want human beings to move, appeal to what they love. Continue Reading …
