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Category: Public Theology & Spirituality

In an effort to be transparent and honest, these posts are intended to be a record of my experiences from an academic, personal, and reflective perspective.

Public Theology & Spirituality

I have a confession

3 Dec 2018November 4, 2020
As a Catholic, I have a confession to make: I have deliberately missed Mass on Sundays for the last several months. For some this may come as a shock. For…
Public Theology & Spirituality

What are you Thankful for?

26 Nov 2018November 4, 2020
How strange to imagine that we only devote one day to gratitude. In a country where we relish abundance and excess, shouldn’t we have countless things to be thankful for?…
Public Theology & Spirituality

Can you notice the difference?

10 Nov 2018November 4, 2020
Sitting in a small, un-air-conditioned room in the sweltering heat of a summer in Shanghai, China, as I was entering my senior year of college at Xavier University, I posed…
Public Theology & Spirituality

You are never alone

17 Sep 2018November 4, 2020
The month of September is Suicide Prevention month and schools and agencies all across the nation are giving voice to something that is preventable.  Each day in our country, there…
Public Theology & Spirituality

Prophetic Voices in Light of our Church’s Pain

3 Sep 2018November 4, 2020
In light of the recent accusations of abuse and sexual harassment, and fueled by Sunday's Gospel, I have been looking towards various faith leaders who are speaking truth to power.…
Public Theology & Spirituality

A Devout Meditation in Memory of Donald J. Trump

12 Jul 2018November 4, 2020
In college, I took a course that covered a wide selection of Thomas Merton’s writings, one essay in particular, "A Devout Meditation in Memory of Adolf Eichmann," I have not…
Public Theology & Spirituality

What does it mean to be American?

3 Jul 2018November 26, 2018
  Looking around at a Fourth of July party, I realized, many of my closest friends are my political opposites. How could this be? In a time when culture tells…
Public Theology & Spirituality

Who are you looking for?

3 Apr 2018November 4, 2020
“Who are you looking for?” Walking around the streets of New York City and visiting the September 11 Memorial Museum, I felt compelled to attend evening mass at St. Patrick’s…
Public Theology & Spirituality

The REAL “War on Christmas”

24 Dec 2017November 4, 2020
“Let there be peace on Earth And let it begin with me” Sung in church choirs, concert halls, and chiming through shopping mall speakers, Let There Be Peace on Earth,…
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Who is Jesus?

7 Sep 2017November 4, 2020
For a few weeks now the Gospel from Sunday, August 26, 2017, (Matthew 16:13-20) has been wrestling in my mind. The Gospel begs the famous question by Jesus, “Who do…
Public Theology & Spirituality

What do you do on Father’s Day, when your father is gone?

16 Jun 2017November 4, 2020
I have not been home for Father’s Day for most of the last 10 years, so by and large Father’s Days consisted of a short phone call or maybe a card.…
Public Theology & Spirituality

Happy Easter – Live the Fourth!

17 Apr 2017November 4, 2020
The story of Easter reminds us of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This story told over-and-over has become tired and easily dismissed. Its wisdom is lost on…

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