SPOILER WARNING: This post reveals the identity of Danny Latimer’s killer and the conclusion to the first season. “That’s nothing to do with this.” As Broadchurch’s investigation into Danny Latimer’s death evolves and expands to […]
Author: Amanda Osheim
The Discerning Pope
Francis’ recent interview is replete with language of discernment, which is not so surprising from a Jesuit pope. Often discernment is described as a strategy for decision making, and indeed discernment is at the service […]
Holy Labor
This Labor Day weekend, the barn that stood as the monument to my family’s farm is being torn down. Built in 1870 with solid oak beams and wooden trenails, it served for generations by sheltering […]
The Light of Faith
Whilst teaching evening, masters-level courses, one of my professors was fond of saying, “No dogma after dark,” as a way of acknowledging that end of the day exhaustion can inhibit clear theological thinking. With due […]
Pope Francis’ Good Intentions
This week saw the announcement that Pope Francis’ celebration of Sunday’s Feast of Corpus Christi will include Eucharistic adoration—but of a particular sort. In what a Vatican spokesperson called an historic event, Francis’ hour of […]
The People of God and the Bishop of Rome
First impressions are important. I must confess that when Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s election was announced, my initial response was: who? Since then I’ve been sifting through the many news reports (and memes) about Pope […]
What’s in a Name?
Habemus Papam: Francis I. Some early speculation has been going around about whether the first Jesuit pope has chosen his papal name from Francis of Assisi or Francis Xavier. Francis of Assisi may reflect the […]
The Bishop of Rome: Remembering the Local Church
In January, I spent eleven days in Italy with Loras College undergraduates. While in Rome we attended a papal general audience, and I was struck not only by the diversity of people who had gathered […]
Getting God’s Attention
“The best way to get Jesus’ attention is by talking to Mary.” On this Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, I find myself wondering how many have heard this line or something […]
The Evangelization of Emmanuel
The XIII Ordinary Session of the Synod of Bishops will be held in Rome October 7-28 on the theme, “The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith.” The Emerging Theologians Network, in partnership […]
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