In all my years of going to church, the only times I have ever heard a sermon about racism was when the priest was black. I have never heard a white pastor give a sermon […]
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Money, Privilege and the Clerical Abuse Crisis- Why the USCCB must consider episcopal Finance Reform
As they prepare for their June meeting, the US Catholics bishops must address financial mismanagement and excessive attachments to money and power.
Holy Communion and Unholy Indifference
“Racism opposes the order of Eucharist.” -M. Shawn Copeland, Enfleshing Freedom (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2010), 109. Living in rural Minnesota, like in many rural areas of the United States, I inhabit a context where most […]
God Has Died: A Brief Good Friday Reflection
Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon thee? Alas, my treason, Jesus, hath undone thee! ’Twas I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied thee. I crucified thee. -stanza 2 of the hymn Ah, Holy […]
A Sickness Unto Death: Hate and Despair
As Christians continue the journey of Lent, and as a great many today celebrate Saint Patrick’s day in a tumultuous, fearful, and sometimes even hateful political and social context, I’d like to take a moment […]
CAN THESE BONES LIVE?: PRACTICING SANCTUARY IN A VALLEY OF BONES
The following reflection was delivered at the Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana on February 28, 2017. Ezekiel 37:1-6: The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the […]
Risking Our Significance: A Review of Polarization in the U.S. Catholic Church
When I was a high school campus minister, I had several students who would come into my office and ask: “I have this friend who is gay, but their church tells her it is a […]
Confessing the Sins of American Exceptionalism
To be blunt, and this may surprise many, the Catholic position does not hold the view that the United States has some divinely appointed role in the world. American exceptionalism, especially when understood in its triumphal form and used as a means to affirm dominance is clearly a social sin and might also be idolatrous
Sitting on a Soggy Picnic Blanket: Theology of Interruption and the Parables of Jesus
Picnics Interrupted A local Chicago news source recently reported that Lake Michigan has risen four feet since 2013, consuming whole beaches. In May, the lake was fifteen inches above average and could be rising another six. These […]
DT Podcast Episode 23 – Charles Curran
Welcome to episode 23! The latest installment of the Daily Theology Podcast features Mike Avery’s conversation with Dr. Charles E. Curran of Southern Methodist University. In their conversation, the two discussed Curran’s vocation as a […]
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