Lip Service

Is Jesus undermining the Pharisee’s Israel restoration project that is attempting to force into effect an end of history kingdom of God that they approve of?

Victims of Vestment Veneer

“The vulnerable have not been adequately protected and this has brought harm to many and offense to the Church at large.”

Juxtaposed! News ™ NYC and Nigeria

New York mayoral Democratic primary candidate defends “Globalize the intifada.”

Learning to See

Pieper recommended an artistic vision – visual, musical or literary – as a conduit for the contemplative life. He proposed participating in the arts as a remedy for seeing anew, to see reality as it truly is.

A House Divided

A case study of Mike (not his real name) from the archives of Primrose Path Behavioral Health Center. This session took place when Mike was 55. . .

Snakes Alive!

The foolish take pity on snakes. Thinking to help creatures out in the cold cruel world, they bring them home and the creature’s true nature is revealed. Suffering follows.

At The Still Point

The Agony by George Herbert invites us to a garden and then a cross to fathom the depths of sin and of love.

Ramparts

A few days before he would lay down his life to deal with the problem of evil, Jesus made the ascent to Jerusalem, not Rome. When he came near and saw the city, he wept over it. The city of peace would reject the Prince of Peace for the preservation of antipathy to any rule but its own.