Tag Archives: Theology
A Try
I was recently listening to a Radiolab podcast that featured writer Elizabeth Gilbert (yes, that one). She spoke about inspiration, and how she has remained creative and productive as a writer. Earlier in her career, she had learned to talk her to inspiration–as if … Continue reading
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Hope.
“You’ve heard she’s going to Boston College next year?” she said, gesturing toward me, as we stood around the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard this afternoon. She was referring to my decision to start a PhD … Continue reading
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Fire II
I walk out of the library and hear the faint, familiar whisper of a tree. It is that tall, brilliant orange one – there – calling out: Fire. It has been a year since the autumn reds and golds consumed … Continue reading
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Ecstasy (and in the meantime…)
You have not danced so badly, my dear, Trying to hold hands with the Beautiful One. You have waltzed with great style, My sweet, crushed angel, To have ever neared God’s Heart at all. Our Partner is notoriously difficult to … Continue reading
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The Labyrinth
Amid these long days curled over my laptop and yellow-paged library books, I have been stepping out into the fresh air for a walk on the Labyrinth. The white-stoned, circular meditation walk rests on the edge of a grassy lawn … Continue reading
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Catholicism & Sexuality: A Roundtable
Check out a new article on Patheos, entitled, “Catholicism & Sexuality: A Roundtable.” As you’ll find, I am one of the roundtable participants.
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Silence.
“We don’t need a moment of silence. There has been too much silence already. I propose noise—a moment of clapping.” A woman said this to Karen during her recent trip to Honduras. Along with a group of students from Harvard … Continue reading
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I Think God Moves in People
Sometime before midnight on New Years Eve I found myself nuzzled into the living room couch with another friend who studies theology in graduate school. Amid the dancing, yelling, and clamoring of glasses at the party that surrounded us, she … Continue reading
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Scruples (Or, How The Protestant Reformers Might Just Save Me)
Scruples. It is a silly-sounding world, and it describes what is possibly one of the most influential forces in Christian history. Scruples literally means “an uneasy feeling arising from conscience or principle that tends to hinder action,” or “a doubt … Continue reading
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Easy Talk, Hard Livin’
I think it is safe to say that there has never been a time when religion existed that a need for inter-religious dialogue did not. And with the horror of the Holocaust looming, with the violence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict … Continue reading
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