In last week’s readings, Jesus exhorted us to “stay awake!” This week, the Baptist cries out “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” Everyone knows the slightly anxious edge that come along with […]
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Waiting in Silence: The Coming of Christ-in-Us
Advent aims to unsettle us, to make us wait at a particularly uncomfortable crossroads. Our readings, songs, and liturgies take us from our comfortable lives and situate us again where we actually are: in the the […]
Waiting Together and Waiting Alone
For the last 15 months, my wife and I have been waiting. Waiting, specifically, to adopt a child from the foster system in the State of Indiana. It should not have taken this long, but […]
The Fourth Sunday of Advent: What Are We Really Waiting For?
The fourth and final candle is lit. The stockings are hung. The trees are up. The planes have landed. In the words of Joni Mitchell: It’s coming on Christmas. They’re cutting down the trees. They’re […]
The Season of Advent: Cultivating Practices of Waiting
Today is the first Sunday of the Season of Advent. We often talk about Advent as the season of preparation. We are called to prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ and God’s reign […]
Waiting for a God Who Never Comes
Samuel Beckett’s play, Waiting for Godot, can lay claim a surplus of meaning. Ostensibly a narrative about two men waiting for the arrival of a third, one can find within its lines a discussion of […]
Waiting in Hope
Reflection on the readings for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Therefore stay awake, For you know neither the day nor the hour. There are many things I find difficult in this parable. Jesus’ exhortation […]
No Innocent Space: Confronting Racism Here
Too often, when we talk about racism in the United States, we frame it as a sin of the past or as personal ignorance or prejudice. In many educational settings, we see emerging emphasis on […]
Pregnancy Loss in the Time of Corona: A Mother’s Lament before Mary
Editor’s Note: This post contains sensitive content about pregnancy loss. August 2019 I am one of eight people in a room. I am the only woman, and I am pregnant. I am fatigued, nauseous, praying […]
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The Seed of Iniquity: Andrew Greeley, Malcolm X, and Question of White Responsibility
In 1967, wrote the Black theologian James Cone in his final book before his death, Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody (2018), “Detroit exploded and so did I.” On July 23 of that year, dozens […]
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