Jesus and Moses through the Gospel according to John

Part of my work in Catechist Formation includes Scriptural exploration and interpretation. This week we focused on John’s Gospel and I put together the following in response to an assignment prompt…

Between Court and Church: Opportunities Lost and Found

Since the announcement of the Supreme Court ruling on Obergefell v. Hodges, I’ve been reading a lot of commentary and doing a lot more thinking. There’s plenty of noise on this topic already and you’re …

Nestorius: Insidious Schismatic or Monk Out of His Depth?

I don’t intend to mount a defense of the Nestorian heresy or try to wash the stain of delict from Nestorius’ obstinate refusal to capitulate to the Council, BUT…

The Problem of Pluralism

On a (purportedly Catholic-specific) discussion board I’m taking part in, someone posted a comment that ended, “…What logical person would argue [over] the necessity of the Ten Commandants or similar …

Scripture, History, and Truth

Another installment in the continuing saga of my formation as a Catechist… How would you answer a person who says: “The Bible is not true because many of the events …

Faith and Historical Criticism

This week, one of the Catechist Formation classes I’m taking has been talking about the Four-Source Theory and the Synoptic Problem. Called to reflect on what we’d learned, I wrote …