Dear Pope Francis, When I heard that you were planning to visit the United States next year, I was almost as excited as I was to hear about the synod on the family, currently meeting […]
Category: Shark Week
Pope Francis at the Corner of 4th and Walnut
By Gregory Hillis Eleven days after Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was elected as Pope John XXIII, Thomas Merton wrote the following words in his journal: “John XXIII seems to me to be a most wonderful Pope […]
Introducing Theological Shark Week VI, What Should Pope Francis do on his Visit to the United States?
#WSFD What Should Pope Francis do on his Visit to the United States? October 2014 Pope Francis is expected to make his first visit to the United States in 2015. While nothing is formally confirmed, […]
Speaking the Language of God
For me, “speaking in tongues” has always been the most fascinating part of the Pentecost story in Acts 2. In “possessing” the Apostles and speaking through them, the Holy Spirit becomes extraordinarily visible. Even this […]
Oh the Movements of the Holy Spirit!
Karl Rahner once wrote, “Christians, for all their orthodox profession of faith in the Trinity, are almost just ‘monotheist’ in their actual religious experience. One might almost dare to affirm that if the doctrine of […]
The Fire of the Spirit and the Spirit for the Poor
In the last 75 years, the worldwide Christian Church has seen two movements that have unquestionably transformed the contemporary Christian Church. The first one, the Pentecostal Movement, began in the United States in the first part […]
Led by the Spirit
Today’s readings, two days after Pentecost, feature Jesus giving his disciples a mission. He tells them “You are the salt of the earth” and “You are the light of the world.” They are tasked with […]
The Holy Spirit and the Beatitudes: “Blessed” Are We?
When the other Daily Theology writers asked me to take part in my second Theological Shark Week, I jumped at the opportunity to kick off this week’s Holy Spirit-themed series with…the Beatitudes. [Long sigh] The […]
Introducing Shark Week VI: Visions of the Holy Spirit
In academic theological circles, the phrase “theology of the Holy Spirit” is not often spoken; instead, the extremely fancy word pneumatology takes its place. Pneumatology comes from two Greek words, as so many things in academia do. […]
New Faces, a Summer Shark Week, and so much more…
To begin with, let’s just make one thing clear: we at Daily Theology are always looking for new voices to join our conversation. We pay in gratitude and conversation–that works for most people, right?? Anyhow, […]
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