Academic Papers… Being Is Enough 22 Oct 20204 Nov 2020 I had no business quitting my job. I was making exceptional connections with students and the greater community. The retreat program that I oversaw had seen a substantial increase in…
Academic Papers Table Leadership 16 Sep 20204 Nov 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…
Public Theology & Spirituality Reopening schools is Immoral 1 Aug 20201 Aug 2020 Reopening schools is immoral and undermines educational values. Before I say more, allow me to qualify myself. As I enter my 30th year of life, nearly every year has been…
Academic Papers… Advent: How Christ Illuminates the Classroom 8 Dec 20194 Dec 2020 The season of Advent is a time to pause and take a "long loving look at the (reality)" of life.1 This voluntary pause gives people the grace to breathe, honestly,…
Academic Papers… Story Based Learning 23 Nov 20194 Nov 2020 In a room of nearly 30 students, you’re not just dealing with 30 different learning styles, but also 30 different political persuasions, 30 different socioeconomic backgrounds, 30 different walks of…
Academic Papers… Love Long Learning 4 Nov 20194 Nov 2020 Each Monday began with the same question, “Tell us at least one high and one low since last week.” Snaking around the room, everyone would turn and face each person…
Academic Papers… I’ll Vomit You out my Mouth! 3 Nov 20194 Nov 2020 Read any guidebook to magic and you’ll quickly become introduced to the “art of misdirection.” When preforming a magic trick, magicians will call the attention of the audience to their…
Academic Papers… Screaming Eyes of the New World 27 Oct 20194 Nov 2020 In 2013 when I graduated from Xavier University, I moved back to Louisville and hungrily searched for a faith community. I tried my childhood parish, but was met with a…
Public Theology & Spirituality What I wish I said… 3 Dec 20184 Nov 2020 On December 3, the Feast of Saint Xavier High School, at an all-school Mass to celebrate the Feast of Saint Francis Xavier, Mary Ann Bowman and I were the recipients of the…
Public Theology & Spirituality ITS Induction 2016 10 May 20164 Nov 2020 I was given the opportunity to speak at the International Thesbian Society Induction ceremony on Monday, May 9, 2016. Below is what I had to share. Good afternoon. First of…
CrossRoads On the Road to CrossRoads 6 Sep 20154 Nov 2020 As a theology teacher, retreat director, and campus minister I always believed that I had a good understanding on this whole “God” thing. In my head of arrogance and privilege,…
CrossRoads Blessed and Broken 3 Aug 20154 Nov 2020 So often we find ourselves standing in the space between joy and sorrow, and so often we feel bound to dance between the spaces not wanted to be labeled guilty…