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During my senior year at Santa Clara University, I worked a job in one of the campus’ most beautiful buildings. The walls of the bright, naturally-lit interior were lined with a collection of black and white photographs depicting influential peacemakers from around the world. ...
“Et Verbum caro factum est, et habitavit in nobis” (And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us). This is themomentous and joyous occasion that we Christianscelebrate and commemorate during this beautiful Christmas season. Ch...
Complaints about capitalism aside, I've made my peace with Christmas. After a lot of prayer, I think Jesus actually wants us to celebrate Christmas precisely because it's not about him—it's about us!
So I saw The Muppet Movie for the first time last week. (What? I know, clearly a sign of a misspent youth.) Last week was also the first time I had encountered the song below. Is it me, or is this a perfect evocation of the Christian longing for God, which is our version of [...]
Emerging from the recent aura of his much anticipated, racy photoshoot for Playgirl, the former son-in-law of Sarah Palin, Levi Johnston appeared on last Monday’sedition of The Joy Behar Show. ...
Perhaps because this is the first Thanksgiving I will not spend at home in Seattle, I have been particularly struck by how much of a “family” holiday this occasion really is in our culture. Pe...
As healthcare reform continues to be debated in Congress it seems the nation is just starting to recover from the fear tactics that were employed throughout the summer by the extremeright-wing of the Republican Party (or “Tea Partiers” as they would have it, they’re die-hard patriots). Fore...
In his article “Benedict’s ongoing battle against secularism,” National Catholic Reporter columnist John Allen claims that European secular attacks on Catholicism led to Pope Benedict XVI’s recent controversial decisions to allow the Society of St. Pius X...
Last week, the Republican Party celebrated a victory in the states of Virginia and New Jersey. They were quick to characterize these wins as a “referendum” on the policies of President Obama. Ho...
I was talking aboutthe bodylast week at a Halloween party. A friend had asked me, “If God is transcendent, how are our bodies important for connecting to God? Can’t we just use our reason? Maybe even emotion? What’s the body got do with it?” I was surprised by my reaction. My gut...
I recently went to Salem, Massachusetts with my wife and mother. When we arrived in Salem, it felt like we were transported to colonial times...
This Wednesdaymarked the fifty-first anniversary of Blessed John XXIII’s election to the See of Rome. ...
While the Catholic Church’s open arms are often a source of inspiration to me, I couldn’t help but feel disheartened by the recent announcement that Rome would happily “absorb” those Anglicans who took issue with their own church’s stance on women and LGBT individuals. It felt ...
Note: This article wasoriginally published at Sojourners’ God’s Politics blog: http://blog.sojo.net/2009/04/03/jesus-and-the-children-of-empire/ Jesus, who was a Palestinian Jew living under Roman occupation, preached a message that was anti-state and religious imperialism. In...
My cousin grew up practicing Buddhist meditation. She says that, contrary to popular perception, thinking doesn’t cease in the meditative state. Rather, she finds herself in this still space where thoughts pass in front of the mind, like fleeting images on a TV screen. ...
