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Embracing my failure
I have spent the past few months wrestling with the idea of failure. What are the full consequences of failing? How does God see my failures? How ought the gospel upend my own view of failure – for myself and… Continue reading
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The Dismantling of Myths
The mostly non-traditional celebrations of the Fourth of July that will be required this year seem fitting, as many of the traditional myths we (white) Americans tell ourselves about the country we celebrate have been recently destabilized: the myth that… Continue reading
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What do we owe the weak? – Or just say “No” to death’s dominion
Forty years – nearly to the day – after Óscar Romero was murdered for advocating for the lives of the poor and for denouncing the regime of death ruling his country, a prominent Catholic journal in the U.S. has published… Continue reading
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The darkness shall not overcome it.
Yesterday was Gaudete Sunday, traditionally a joyful interruption in the midst of an advent season otherwise characterized by somber waiting and postures of penance. Being at a non-lectionary church, we read and our pastor preached on John 1. The light… Continue reading
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Why I write for WIT: clarifying my call
I spent this past year teaching the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Odyssey to high school freshmen. When I set out on the graduate school journey in theology – oh so many moons ago – this was not exactly what… Continue reading
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How do we best honor (and listen to) the dead? A reflection on the witness of Óscar and Valeria Martínez
We are not a society who displays the dead. Indeed, we try very hard to keep the dead hidden – and, much of the time, even keep hidden those who are dying. Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard begins his inimitable… Continue reading
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Sometimes in order to love people, you have to be against them
Christian Twitter has been all abuzz the past few days regarding the case of Andy Savage, the Memphis pastor recently forced to confront the sexual assault he committed as a youth pastor in 1998, after the victim Jules Woodson told… 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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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
