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 Traveling Home 8 Jul 2022July 9, 2022 Traveling has its inevitable joys, wonders, and exciting moments. Who doesn’t love a beer before noon while sitting on the beach reading a book? What’s not to enjoy about seeing…
Xaverian Brothers Kenya We’re Teachers 6 Jul 2022 “We’re teachers.” The weight of those words resounds no matter where you go. Traveling in Mombasa and the Masai Mara, people ask, “What are you doing in Kenya?” “We are…
Public Theology & Spirituality Educational Lamentations 15 May 2022May 15, 2022 I've spent my entire life on an academic schedule, so you’d think I’d learn better. As the sun begins to shine through the winter sky and spring buds its way…
Public Theology & Spirituality Never Leave Home without Love 16 Jul 2021July 16, 2021 A house is not a home. Yet, standing in an empty house, these walls and room feel saturated with stories. Silent echoes reverberate the sounds of long ago parties. Shadows…
Public Theology & Spirituality Undamning our Love 29 Aug 2020August 31, 2020 A point of clarity before you begin reading this essay. This essay's "origin story" is important to understanding the point, trajectory, and intent of this essay. Along with the Facebook…
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 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,…
Academic Papers… Love Long Learning 4 Nov 2019November 4, 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… Cosmically Incarnated Christ 19 Sep 2019November 4, 2020 As a child I was not close with my father. Suffering from poor health and a heart attack that occurred early in my childhood, my father rarely had time for…
Camino de Santiago I Miss My Dad 19 Jun 2019November 4, 2020 Stage 16: Carrión de los Condes to Terradillos de los Templarios Official: 26.13 km // iPhone Step Count: 25.6 km **I have been wrestling with the following reflection for several…
Camino de Santiago Do you love me? 7 Jun 2019November 4, 2020 In tonight’s Gospel, we hear Jesus ask Peter three times the question, “Do you love me?” Understanding John’s Gospel and the intent of his writing, we understand that the author…
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