November 30 is celebrated throughout the Christian world as the Feast of St. Andrew, the brother of Peter and the “protokletos,” the “first-called.” (Cf. John 1:40). In addition to being the patron saint of Scotland […]
Month: November 2013
The Grammar of Giving Thanks
Last week I hosted a study break for students in my residence hall and screened “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.” This was the first time many of them had ever seen this holiday classic, and their […]
Recasting the New Evangelization Framework in Light of the Poor: Early Highlights and Analysis of Evangellii Gaudium
Recasting the New Evangelization Framework in Light of the Poor: Early Highlights and Analysis of Evangellii Gaudium Evangellii Gaudium, the Joy of the Gospel, will most certainly become an important text to understand Catholic social […]
The Feast Day of C.S. Lewis, Patron of the Imagination
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the death of C.S. Lewis. Known perhaps best as an author of children’s fiction and as a Christian apologist, Lewis was a student of the imagination and talented in […]
An Astronaut’s Perspective on the Second Vatican Council and Mission
Being one of the first human beings to orbit the planet most certainly brings a unique perspective to all aspects of human life, including faith and ethics. Many of the first astronauts and cosmonauts who […]
What does it mean to honor the troops? Theological considerations when war is assumed.
It is with difficulty that I confront Veteran’s Day each year. Mostly, I enter the day conflicted, being a “veteran” myself. I am troubled by the simple yet difficult question that Katie Grimes summarized well earlier […]
The Gospel According to Britney Spears
By Andrew Staron and Stephen Okey Last week on All Saints Day, various outlets reported that a new musical would use the songs of Britney Spears to tell the story of Jesus Christ. On some […]
“Doing Theology” in a Nation That Bombs Grandmothers
By Eric Martin Warning: this post includes a graphic image of a victim of drone attacks There are hard questions American Christian theologians must ask in lieu of the Rehman family’s Congressional testimony last Tuesday. […]
Purgatory: Healing the Brokenness of Christ’s Body
Purgatory is a word haunted by ghosts: the ghosts of Reformers rightly objecting to Tetzel’s alms-box, the spirits of my pious grandparents, praying from devotionals filled with prayers promising days and years remitted from purgatorial punishment. […]
To be in that Number: Death, Friends, and the Communion of Saints
“The hardest thing in the world is to be where we are,” Rowan Williams observes. And yet where we are is often precisely where God asks us to be. God asks us to be attentive to all that surrounds us and honest […]
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