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Standing on My Head
“A scene is often most clearly seen when it is seen upside down.” G.K.Chesterton
An All Souls Story
I was a young Anglican priest and serving as an assistant curate in a parish in which Father John my boss (the pastor) was also a convert from a conservative Baptist home. We were [...]
All Saints Day at Our Lady of the Rosary, Greenville
Our Lady of the Rosary in Greenville, SC is located in a part of town that is challenged in many ways. The church campus is surrounded by low income housing, high density population, a [...]
Things That Go Bump in the Night
There were plenty of frightening things when we were growing up in the countryside of Southeastern Pennsylvania. There was an abandoned tumbledown log cabin in the woods with the door swinging on its [...]
Rupnik’s Art is Junk. Here’s Why:
If he is guilty, Slovenian ex-Jesuit Markos Rupnik is clearly a pretty trashy guy, but what about his art? It's junk and here's why: First we have to understand what sacred art is supposed [...]
T.S.Eliot’s Look into the Future
You don't have to be a mystical, supernatural prophet to see the future. If is possible to simply read the signs of the times. While most of the future remains unpredictable, it is possible [...]
A Theology of Acceptance
One of the themes echoing through the discussions on the synod on synodality is the question, "How can we create safe and welcoming spaces for those who feel excluded from the church?" A chasm [...]
