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 …

Refractions of Spirit

We find an abundant array of identities and voices in the long history of tradition. As a result, it presents great opportunities for personal exploration by allowing students (including ourselves) …

Explaining Confession Existentially

As counter-intuitive as it may seem, I find that a useful way into an explanation of Penance and Reconciliation begins far from any ideas of sacrament or church or even …

Sanctified

That we ourselves should be counted among the saints, in any sense, seems almost scandalous; certainly we are not so holy! And yet, while we count from among the body …

Trust in the Lord with all your heart

As I move through the worldly challenges of cooperating with the Spirit and embracing the gift of Faith, the attribute of God that I find most present and meaningful for …

Pleading the Fifth

I spend the time working through source languages and translations in part because of a basic fondness for etymology, philology, and history. I consider it all the more worthwhile, however, …