Public Theology & Spirituality… Lovingly Lonely 26 Jul 2022July 26, 2022 **Note: This post began as a personal journal entry, a reflection I wrote in prayer. It was a one-sided conversation with God, a musing of my spirit. After revisiting it…
Xaverian Brothers Kenya Find your Bungoma 16 Jul 2022July 16, 2022 “I would love to do something like that!”“I wish I could spend my summer volunteering.”“I’ve always wanted to visit Kenya.” THEN DO IT! All summer long, I have heard some…
Xaverian Brothers Kenya A Mass of Time 26 Jun 2022June 26, 2022 Time in Kenya moves differently. In America, time works against you. Each tick is a moment lost. Each tock an opportunity missed. Every second is precisely counted and every minute…
Xaverian Brothers Kenya Pentecostal Revival 6 Jun 2022June 22, 2022 On the Feast of the Pentecost, Christians celebrate the event when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles with tongues of fire. As a result, everyone gathered from all the…
Xaverian Brothers Kenya The Work of the Church 2 Jun 2022June 9, 2022 The Catholic Church in the United States is at an inflection point. Political factions within the church argue about abortion, Eucharistic access, married priests, female ordination, and LGBTQ+ issues. Secular…
Xaverian Brothers Kenya Colonial Jesus 29 May 2022June 9, 2022 In America, the term “white privilege” is weighted in dense circumstances that I do not wish to unpack in this reflection. One aspect, however, that I will mention is the…
Academic Papers Christophanic Communion: Vatican II & Raimon Panikkar 8 Mar 2021June 9, 2022 The following paper was presented at the "Lumen et Vita: A Feast for all People," Spring 2021 Conference at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. ABSTRACT:The events of the Second…
Academic Papers Table Leadership 16 Sep 2020November 4, 2020 Maintaining, evaluating, and guiding culture is essential for the health of any organization. For a faith-based organization, this is particularly important as the guiding principle of culture ought to…
Academic Papers… Healthy at Home: A Modern Day Ritual of Initiation 1 May 2020November 4, 2020 During a time of social distancing and self-quarantine to slow the spread and transmission of the novel Coronavirus, people around the world have been instructed to remain “healthy at…
Academic Papers… Liberation Christophany 25 Jan 2020November 4, 2020 A Christophanic Hermeneutics The work of Raimon Panikkar cultivates a dynamism for the Christian faith that motivates all humanity to recognize the goodness that they already know deep within our…
Academic Papers… A Universal Embrace of Christophany 11 Dec 2019November 4, 2020 Imagine for a moment… standing atop a mountain after having spent the morning hiking to the summit and being overwhelmed by the clouds that envelope you at the peak. Imagine……
Academic Papers… A Doctrine of Original Love 5 Dec 2019November 4, 2020 Sitting in a quiet room of a retreat center tucked into the woods, men and women gather to hear three simple words, “You are loved.” As the words pour forth,…
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