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Classically Christianity has listed seven sins as “deadly” sins, meaning that most everything else we do which is not virtuous…
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The power of a subordinate clause, one nuance within a sentence and everything takes on a different meaning. That’s the…
There’s an oddity in the gospels that begs for an explanation: Jesus, it seems, doesn’t want people to know his…
We live in a world of deep divisions. Everywhere we see polarization, people bitterly divided from each other by ideology,…
Recently I received a letter from a man who shared that he was still deeply haunted by a story he’d…
There’s a line in the writings of Julian of Norwich, the famous 14th century mystic and perhaps the first theologian to…
Taste is subjective. Keep that in mind as I share with you the ten books that most touched me this…
Christmas 2017 Every year Time magazine recognizes someone as “Person of the Year”. The recognition isn’t necessarily an honor; it’s…
When I was young, public expressions of faith were limited to Mass on Sundays, Christmas and Easter, and with fellow…
Why don’t we preach hellfire anymore? That’s a question asked frequently today by a lot of sincere religious people who…