Public Theology & Spirituality Undamning our Love 29 Aug 202031 Aug 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… Love Long Learning 4 Nov 20196 Dec 2019 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…
Advent Reflections… “Go back to wherever the fuck you came from!” 12 Dec 20189 Sep 2019 If I were to reimagine the infancy narrative of Jesus from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke using modern language, I might consider the switch from, “There was no place…
Public Theology & Spirituality Thanks Dad 5 Feb 20176 Feb 2017 On Monday, January 30, 2017, my father, Steven Edward Nichols died. While at times we did not always love each other the way we wish we could have or should…
Camino de Santiago Home 10 Jun 201629 May 2019 Home. What is home? Is it the place you grew up in, your hometown? Is it the place where your family lives? Is it limited to just your parent's house,…
Advent Reflections… Walking with Jesus 9 Dec 20159 Sep 2019 Discipleship at its heart is simply walking with Jesus in the real world and allowing him to teach us moment by moment, step by step. As I reflect on today’s…
CrossRoads “I Need This Love” 20 Jul 201522 Apr 2016 People often ask me, “Why would you work for CrossRoads for the summer and not just spend your days relaxing in the sun?” The short answer, “I need this...” The…
Academic Papers… Public Theology and Spirituality 11 Dec 201212 Dec 2019 So who is this blog post for? This blog post, in all honesty is for me. As I begrudgingly beginning to realize that my Xavier career is coming to close,…
