Jesus said, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” From the Gospel according to St Luke, in ...

 One of the best books, and very accessible to the typical layman in the pew, is The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions , written together by...

In the epistle for today's Daily Office readings, one verse that stood out was Galatians 5:6 "In Christ Jesus neither circumcisio...

It’s almost a joke that among Bible scholars, whatever name is on a book of the Bible is not the person they think actually wrote it. They...

From an ancient homily for Holy Saturday:  Something strange is happening – there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and...

I’ve wrestled for months about whether to write this. Now I’m breaking my own rule to not publicly take sides about candidates in politica...

Given at Hamilton, Dublin, and Comanche Texas on 20 January 2013  If you had conducted a survey of American clergy 100 years ago and ask...

1. It just feels more real.  I’ve been to a decent number of NFL games, and each one I attended felt like I was at the taping of a TV sho...

The question has come up lately in light of Syrian refugees and the problems of security risks coupled with receiving such refugees (espec...

Pope Francis' homily at Vespers in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York during his visit to the United States included one paragrap...

In the Archbishop of Canterbury’s recent invitation for a gathering of Anglican primates, he noted, “We have no Anglican pope. Our author...

(Delivered to a chapter of priests of the Society of the Holy Cross.) “They offered him wine mingled with myrrh, but he would not take it....

I supposed Planned Parenthood has pulled out all the big guns in doing damage control after the recent undercover videos leaked their prac...

DISCLAIMER: I want to make one thing clear so there’s no confusion, and that is that we’re not talking about salvation here or “how to be s...

And I thought I'd post them here so I could remember what I said and find it again. I posted this comment to one of George Takei's...

Not too long ago, I heard an interesting ad on the radio. It was for a lighting company that was having a sale. I think they specialize in...