The Slightly Heretical Musings of a Pastor

So this post is a long time in coming, and I apologize for its lateness, but it has been a crazy semester. Father John Dear , Jesuit priest ...

This past Saturday, I participated in Reconciling Ministries Network 's Called to Witness training, part of the interdenominational Bel...

Reflecting on 9/11 and Islamophobia in this country People say that you will never forget what you were doing when you hear about a nation...

Here is my theologically-inflected life update complete with some angstiness. Hey, when you need to write, you need to write. Things make mo...

Crossposted at OnFire . Immigration is not just a USAmerican "problem" I began to understand the importance of comprehensive i...

I have flown commercially often, and have been in quite a few smaller planes used to go back and forth from Bosnia and Croatia or from one i...

There is no experience quite like a concert. Live music does something to a person. Tuesday night I to the Ottobar in Baltimore to see (one...

Crossposted at the Beatitudes Society blog. Reflecting on what I mean when I claim for myself the name Progressive Christian * Accordin...

Crossposted at Sojourners' God's Politics blog. How exciting! Reflecting on the response of the faith community to the war in Afg...

Reflection on "good news" from Arizona * Judge blocks parts of Arizona immigration law By JACQUES BILLEAUD and AMANDA MYERS (A...