After analyzing M.I.A’s latest song and music video, this blog entry raises questions about what it means to be church in the midst of the refugee crisis and argues that when refugees drown, we the Church drown too
Category: Social Justice
On the Legitimate Dangers of Being a Good Samaritan
Ok, so I’m walking down the sidewalk and see a man beaten and lying down. He looks foreign. Not Canadian-foreign, maybe with a nice overcoat and glasses, but foreign-foreign, with dark skin, dirty clothes (obviously dirty before he got […]
Arguments for a Theology of Children #NationalAdoptionMonth
November is National Adoption Month. In officially declaring this month in a presidential address on October 28, Obama noted, “More than 400,000 children are in foster care across America today, and over 100,000 of these […]
Still Surviving: Ten Years After the Storm
(Editor’s Note: This post is the third of a series of three reflections on the 10-Year Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Be sure to check out the posts on Friday and Saturday by John Slattery and John DeConstanza.) This is […]
Embracing New Orleans: Story, Memory, and Recovery Ten Years On
(Editor’s Note: This post is the second of a series of three reflections on the 10-Year Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Be sure to check out the posts on Friday and Sunday by John Slattery and Lorraine Cuddeback.) We […]
Please do NOT pardon the interruption: Ezekiel, prophetic imagination, and mercy in contemporary social movements
“What the Church does with its creeds and its doctrinal tradition… it flattens out all the images and metaphors to make it fit into a nice formulation and then it’s deathly. So we have to […]
The Grace of Forgiveness: Learning from Emanuel A.M.E. Church
By Anna Floerke Scheid It is repulsive to me to admit it, but Dylann Roof and I have something in common. The self-proclaimed “Last Rhodesian” and I have both been inspired by the history of […]
Becoming a Better Friend to Job
In this Sunday’s first reading we walk in on the third act of a much longer play. Act One was set in the heavenly court where God is speaking with the satan, literally “the accuser,” […]
The Catholic Response to the Anthropocene: A Brief overview and Outline of Laudato Si’
A brief summary and outline of Pope Francis’ Encyclical , Laudato Si’ On Care for Our Common Home
Timing is everything, or is it? Al Gore, Pharrell Williams and the release of the Pope Francis’ encyclical on June 18th.
Why is Laudato Si to be released on June 18th and what do Al Gore and Pharrell Williams have to do with it?
Daily Theology 
You must be logged in to post a comment.