The Promise and Peril of Populism
Let’s ponder the promise and peril of populism. Or maybe the triumph and terror of populism.
Follow the news for a random hour, and you’ll...
Parable of the Tiled Floor
I walk into a shopping mall. In a central courtyard is a beautiful floor made of different colors and sizes of tiles. Admiring the...
Blessed Virgin Mary?
Taking a class in medieval Christian worship at Notre Dame in 1975, I quickly learned what BVM meant. Blessed Virgin Mary. Not Bureau of...
Most Important Book of 2016
The most important book of 2016 is The Patient Ferment of the Early Church: The Improbable Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire, by...
Credo: Politics
When it comes to politics . . .
Since I believe in Jesus and the kingdom of God, I believe:
The Lord God is a God...
What Pocahontas Found in Heaven
Most people these days know something about Pocahontas. Some even know the true story of her conversion to Christianity, and perhaps of the catechetical...
Father’s House — Many Mansions!
Jesus says in John 14, “In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go...
Small Voice, Big City: Gospel Wisdom on City Streets
When he comes, Messiah “will not cry or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street.” Yet “he will not grow...
The Myth of “God’s Uncontrolling Love”
John Wesley said God’s providence is a key Christian truth. “There is scarce any doctrine in the whole compass of revelation which is of...
Welfare for the Rich?
Should Christians support welfare for the rich?
It might make sense. If the rich get richer, everyone benefits. Pour water into a cup long enough...
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