“The Faith of the Cross and The Virtue of Dialogue “ A Review of Reasoning Together: A Conversation on Homosexuality. by Ted Grimsrud and Mark Nation. By Chris Smith.   Reasoning Together: A Conversation on Homosexuality. by Ted Grimsrud and Mark Nation. Paperback: Herald Press, 200...

I'm really tired of feeling like I need to walk on egg shells when I talk about real life issues with Christians. I'm really fed up with bankrupt Christianology that says it isn't ok to admit the things we struggle with. I've had it with the unspoken rule that says we should all put on our happy fac...

The picture shown here is believed to be the last photograph of Abraham Lincoln. The photo was recently discovered in a family photo album of Ulysses S. Grant. His great-great grandson suspected that the tall human figure in the center......

I appreciate that that's a big claim (it's somewhat reduced and relativised by the fact that we're talking about 'me' - who really cares about what I've learned...), and I don't want to minimise all the other things I've had to learn (and continue to learn) but the reality is that they flow from thi...

I recently answered the following question in my parish bulletin: In the Gospel reading for the second week of Lent (cf. Mk 9:2-10), we read that Peter wanted to make “booths� for Elijah, Moses, and Jesus when these three gloriously appeared at the top of the mountain. What are “booths� and ...

Having previously written about the Total Depravity of man, it might be counterproductive  to rehash the doctrine in all its detail. Thus, I’ll touch only briefly on some points that may have been vaguely made then. “Man is nothing: he hath a free will to go to hell, but none to go to h...

Let me tell you what today has been like, and we’re only a few hours into it. Those of you who don’t understand what a low-down, bitchy sinner I am may be surprised. Those of you who do know (or suspect) that I am a bitchy sinner will be gratified. I started the morning crabbing to my hu...

For reasons not worth getting into, there are times when my entire body is just one big ball of pain, where every inch of me aches. Usually it has to do with an incoming storm, or a weather system that is passing nearby. It happened tonight. We had a beautifully warm day, and I had no idea what the ...

I have a confession to make. I was rather pleased recently when someone wrote to me and told me how impressed he was with my theological ability. He even called me a theologian. I think it was that which really massaged my ego. But isn’t that odd? We’ve turned the task of theology over to academ...

Please welcome this week’s Featured Homeschooler Carol from My Heart’s Desire ! You live in my favorite place in the world, Colorado! Tell us about your nature studies. Nature study for us is taking a walk on the 75 acres where we live, driving down the road to one of the lakes or hiking...