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,…
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 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.…
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