Unprecedented. Historic. New normal. Our Scripture readings give us examples of Christians trying to understand the new normal of Easter.

This past week, on the fourth Sunday of Lent, I was confirmed in the Episcopal Church by Bishop William Stokes of the Diocese of New...

I remember my first Lent and just how long 40 days seemed to be. Each day dragged on. Fasting from social media freed my schedule from...

Needless to say, as with all else, Ash Wednesday looks different this year. COVID precautions eliminate the possibility of directly...

Back in the 1960s, Japanese Roman Catholic novelist, Shusaku Endo, told the world a profound story in his book, Silence, set during the...

Have you ever heard the voice of God? I don’t think I have, at least not in the way people usually understand it. I’ve heard his voice in...

This sermon was preached at Advent Vespers at St. Thomas Episcopal Church on 12/17/19. Text: John 20:24-29 Tonight, we celebrate the...

This sermon was preached at Advent Vespers at St. Thomas Episcopal Church on 12/15/20. A video of the full service, including the...

2020 is showing its last colors, its time waning to the cold months of winter before the dawn of 2021. It has been a historically painful...

We have come to the end of a long journey. As we continue to live with the fallout of one of the most contentious elections in living...

If there is one moral topic applicable to modern politics, it is that of “lying”. Most Americans assume our politicians are liars while...

In our contemporary discourse, the subject of gender looms large, especially in discussing gender inequality, abuse, and sexuality....

In our last post, we considered Augustine’s varied response to imperial persecution of a heretical sect known as the Donatists [1]. In...

In today’s post, we arrive at an intriguing, puzzling, and frustrating element of Augustine’s thought, the subject of using persecution...

No discussion about politics is complete without discussing the topic of war and Augustine is no exception. His political thought is most...

We are now turning our attention to Augustine’s thoughts on various ethical matters related to our political life together. We will begin...

In today’s post, we will consider an important question: Is Christianity compatible with politics? We have not asked this question...

Last time, we looked at the bad news of the Last Judgment, but today, we arrive at the good news. We have said throughout this study that...

Having turned to the subject of the last judgment [1], Augustine turns to the most controversial element of God’s judgment, the judgment...

Discussions of Revelation and the “end times” play a vital role in Christian political debates. Eschatology, the theological name for the...