2017
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Christmas Eve Sermon: “In the Beginning was the Word”
A sermon preached at St. Peter Dynevor Anglican Church in Selkirk, Manitoba. With thanks to my parish for letting me preach and preside every other week and for being a source of grace and healing. “In the beginning was the… Continue reading
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There is No End to God’s Beginnings
Christmas Day — December 25th, 2017 — the Rev. Maria McDowell from St. Michael and All Angels, Portland, Oregon on Vimeo. Image: Nativity Contemporary Icon by Lyuba Yatskiv (Ukraine) Continue reading
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2017: America’s Dark Night of the Soul
An old classmate of mine described his commute to work in New York City the morning after the 2016 presidential election. The subway was eerily quiet, with each passenger both contributing to and receiving the effect of the communal pall… Continue reading
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Eyes to See, Ears to Hear: Sexual Assault, Abortion, and Hidden Suffering
In a radio interview this week, an Alabama pastor in a small suburb of Birmingham articulated for the interviewer his rationale for – reluctantly – voting for Roy Moore. While he would not try to convince others of his own… Continue reading
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Death is Your Gift: Self-Sacrifice in Averting Supernatural Apocalypses in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
What I want to look at in this post is not just Christ-figures in general (though this imagery will be brought in), but what connects the self-sacrifices that these Christ-figures undertake, that is, the importance of self-sacrifice in averting an… Continue reading
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Remember, Remember the 6th of December
Today is a day of remembrance. [Content note: This post discusses a violent incident against women involving guns] I want to begin by remembering these names: Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz… Continue reading
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Advent Waiting in an Evil World
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of his father David; and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom… Continue reading
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Where’s the Beef? It’s With Obama: Notre Dame’s Contraception Coverage Reversal
Just four days ago, the University of Notre Dame announced it “would no longer provide birth control coverage to students and employees.” It fought long and hard for this right. Shortly after the Affordable Care Act became law back in… Continue reading
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Should Richard Spencer Be Allowed to Speak on Public University Campuses?
The First Amendment grants the right to speak in public. But what makes such speech “free?” We consider this right an expression of “freedom” because colonists described the Revolutionary War as a battle of liberation from slavery to King George.… Continue reading
