One of the things that encourages me, as a parish priest, is the joy I see in people when they engage with solid theological and
My gut wrenched when I saw the first images out of Kyiv. A sadness and deep gloom. Then a surge of energy. And then remembrance.
I was walking along the east bank of the Tiber River toward the Ponte Cavour. In the early calm of eventide, the poplars lining the
I was sitting on the patio of Conversations Café in downtown Beamsville, on a bright, cloudless morning, with a steaming cup of fresh brewed java in hand. It was
On a Sunday afternoon in mid-May, 1976, my relationship with the Church was sealed: prophet, priest, and king. They’re called charisms — gifts, seals of the Holy
It seems like it was only yesterday that Sarah McLachlan’s song, Building a Mystery, topped the summer charts. In fact, it was 1997. I was
Two years ago, I visited the Italian city of Ravenna, the world’s most significant region for mosaic icons of the Byzantine era. Ravenna is also
“If you want to follow Jesus, you had better look good on wood” Martha and I finished watching the Netflix documentary, “Challenger: The Final Flight”.
A few years ago, a member of a successful church in our community tried enticing me to visit on Sunday morning. For obvious reasons, I
My thesis director gave me a good piece of advice, “Pray your way through your research.” It was the beginning of a prayer that would
“When Jesus was at table with them, he took bread blessed it and broke it, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened
I was sitting in the Cathedral. Rays of light from the rising sun were moving across the rose window above the high altar. I was
In 1974, Karl Rahner, Roman Catholic theologian and Jesuit priest, wrote a short period piece, The Shape of the Church to Come. Although the book
It was one of those November mornings when the thought of being in bed was more desirable than driving into Hamilton. My dark morning commute
It was an idyllic summer day when I went walking; the Monday of the August long-weekend. I drove to the commons in Niagara-on-the-Lake, and brought
Every week, and we cross ourselves saying it. Words so meaning-full we can’t say them without invoking a silent prayer: I believe (Latin, expecto et)
It’s not often I recommend a ministerial must read; but if you’re a person in ministry in the modern age, you should own a copy
The Christian tradition is grounded in Word-made-flesh. Words — spoken words, written words, sculpted words, acted-on-the-stage words, symphonic words, painted words. A picture is worth a thousand
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