The U.S. Catholic Church, Joseph Flipper writes, “is shaped by, and continues to operate out of, a matrix of whiteness.” As a result, the church’s identity and mission are distorted by its normative whiteness—as well as […]
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August 6th & the Two Clouds
Today, August 6th, is an unusually rich day for biblical reflection and the prayerful space it can lead us into. In many Christian denominations, today is the day to celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration. […]
I Have Seen the Lord
Before I set out on my academic path to a Ph.D., I was training as a lay ecclesial minister in a M.Div. program. Part of this training meant I took three classes in preaching, where […]
Seeking Resurrection in Occupied Jerusalem
In light of the recent move of the US Embassy for Israel to Jerusalem, Ahern draws from his recent visit to the city to ask what Jerusalem should mean to US Catholics.
The Frailty of Easter
We humans are a short-lived species. The average life-span in the United States hovers between 75 and 80. The age of the earth, on the other hand, is around 4,500,000,000 years. The age of the […]
I Have Seen the Lord
By Lorraine Cuddeback Before I set out on my academic path to a Ph.D., I was training as a lay ecclesial minister in a M.Div. program. Part of this training meant I took three classes in […]
Easter Sunday: Resurrected Reality
At Easter, and in every Eucharist, we celebrate the fullness of the paschal mystery: Christ’s suffering, death, and resurrection. The resurrection does not erase the suffering and death of Christ, nor does it remove our […]
Deep Resurrection: The Martyrdom and Resurrection of Creation in Our Day
By Christine McCarthy The Long View of History: From Eternity to the History of Time Fox’s reboot of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is an experience not to be missed. […]
The Risen One in a World of Zombies (or, Watching “Night of the Living Dead” with the Evangelists and Rowan Williams)
“I was afraid / I’d eat your brains.” –The National, “Conversation 16” “Here is the world again, well-known, / the dawn greeted in snoring dreams of a familiar / winter everyone prefers. […] Contained, / […]
A Failure of Words….
For Christians, no one seems to notice, but words fail us during this Holy Season. Liturgically, we witness this starting on Good Friday where ritually we become more quiet. This makes sense as we move […]
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