After Jesus, Before Christianity The book undoes the pretentious “master narrative” of how Christianity emerged. In place of the myth of an orderly apostolic Church fighting heretics, this fresh scholarship […]

The purpose of your life is determined by your willingness to move forward. We take those along who wish to see us become even more than we ever were, and […]

  John August died on March 6, 2020.  He was only 64 and had suffered from a rare cancer for two years.  Being one of the “great ones,” John’s life […]

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There are gaps in the mesh of the everyday world, and sometimes they open up and you fall through them into somewhere else. Somewhere Else runs at a different pace […]

My dear friend Ruthann sent the above question to me early this morning. What a great opportunity for meditation and pondering as we begin a new year. Here is my […]

Christmas is not a manger story with shepherds and magi. Do you know any shepherds? Have you met the magi? Christmas is God given over to people. God has disappeared […]

You are the God from whom no secret is hidden, and sowe tell before you our great fears:We have fear down to our toes because of the danger of the […]

To: National Catholic Reporter December 19, 2021 Re: Marquette’s Diocese’s LGBTQ Restrictions Blasted as Cruel, Dec. 14, 2021 My ministry in the catholic church has been shaped by the inclusive […]