Public Theology & Spirituality Your “Thoughts and Prayers” are Doing Nothing 31 May 20204 Nov 2020 Your prayers are doing nothing, and they are falling on deaf ears. I do not say those words lightly. Your prayers are doing nothing, and they are falling on deaf…
Public Theology & Spirituality Oh… So you’re religious? 18 Dec 20184 Nov 2020 Recently I was speaking with some people about faith and religion, and the question that I dread, inevitably was asked, "Do you believe in God? Are you religious?" I dread…
Public Theology & Spirituality I have a confession 3 Dec 20184 Nov 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 You are never alone 17 Sep 20184 Nov 2020 The month of September is Suicide Prevention month and schools and agencies all across the nation are giving voice to something that is preventable. Each day in our country, there…
Public Theology & Spirituality A Devout Meditation in Memory of Donald J. Trump 12 Jul 20184 Nov 2020 In college, I took a course that covered a wide selection of Thomas Merton’s writings, one essay in particular, "A Devout Meditation in Memory of Adolf Eichmann," I have not…
Public Theology & Spirituality Who are you looking for? 3 Apr 20184 Nov 2020 “Who are you looking for?” Walking around the streets of New York City and visiting the September 11 Memorial Museum, I felt compelled to attend evening mass at St. Patrick’s…
Public Theology & Spirituality Happy Easter – Live the Fourth! 17 Apr 20174 Nov 2020 The story of Easter reminds us of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This story told over-and-over has become tired and easily dismissed. Its wisdom is lost on…
Public Theology & Spirituality Thanks Dad 5 Feb 20174 Nov 2020 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 Learning from the Past 22 Jul 20164 Nov 2020 https://twitter.com/nicholsrobert/status/755469616974065664 It is often the unplanned, spontaneous adventures that prove to be the most rewarding. Bruges, Belgium proved to be the case. Covered in chocolate shops, dotted with breweries, surrounded…
Academic Papers… Remembering the “Magis” 22 Nov 20154 Nov 2020 Three years ago, I was a student at Xavier University sitting in my room filling out an application to join Xavier's Dorothy Day Center for Faith & Justice Magis Society.…
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 201513 Feb 2021 So often, we find ourselves standing in the space between joy and sorrow and feel bound to dance between the spaces, not wanting to be labeled guilty of one or…
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