Nov 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
Internationally, the third week of November has for a number of decades now been designated as Restorative Justice Week. The website for CSC (Correctional Service Canada), http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/restorative-justice/003005-2000-eng.shtml, implies that it supports...
Nov 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
I work at serious and sustained conversation with religious people. This way of exploring the pathways of meaning has resulted in teaching, writing and museum exhibitions—all born of story, and the deep desire we have as human beings for a meaningful life. by David J....
Nov 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
This article links to First Things, where it first appeared almost two decades ago. From the earliest days of Christianity, the Gospels’ resemblance to certain myths has been used as an argument against Christian faith. When pagan apologists for the official...
Oct 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Sophia. The Hidden Christ of Thomas Merton, by Christopher Pramuk. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2009. Pp. xxxii + 322. 9 b/w illustrations. ISBN 978-0-814-5390-6. Hbk. $29.95. In the past I have read a good deal of Thomas Merton, but never really thought of him...
Oct 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
In my reading of Jesus’ many encounters in the Gospels I am continually moved by what these stories tell us about how God meets people. Throughout Luke’s Gospel we see Jesus ministering mostly in public non-religious places. He teaches beside the seashore, in cities,...
Oct 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
“One does not read in the Gospel that the Lord said: I will send you the Holy Spirit who will teach you about the course of the sun and moon. For He willed to make them Christians, not astronomers.” – Saint Augustine, regarding Genesis chapter one. In Genesis one we...
