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Table Talk: Episode 5 (5th Sunday in Lent)Listen now (24 min) | [Quick note #1] Go to 12:05 to fast-forward past Gospel reading and jump into the homily if you’d like:) [Quick note #2] These po…

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I know you want to be strong. And you probably are. In many ways. You might think it’s up to you to be strong for your family, friends, co-workers, con…

Mar 28

It’s interesting to try to see things through a lens of mimetic theory. This is just a fancy way of saying that human/communal behavior is based around…

Mar 27

It’s been really ominous these last few days when I walk around my neighborhood here in Chicago. Kind of like I’m in a zombie movie I’ll round a corner…

Mar 26

Right now, we have to hold fast to the spiritual reality that our knowing eyes can’t see God’s renewing, redeeming, and sanctifying activity in the mid…

Mar 25

When I was a kid, I hated school. Couldn’t stand it. All I could do at school was count the hours before the closing bell rang and I could go home. Ror…

Mar 24

I had no idea that Lent was going to be so… Lenten. I have a hard time with Lent when we’re NOT in the middle of a worldwide pandemic. Reflecting so in…

Mar 23

Table Talk: Episode 4 (4th Sunday in Lent)Listen now (40 min) | [Quick note] Everything I publish between now and the beginning of May is available to everyone - both paying subscribers and fre…

Mar 22

I’ve been anxious-scrolling way too much throughout this pandemic… Scroll, scroll, scroll…What’s happening now? I’ll check the news. Then the stock mar…

Mar 21

I complained a little bit (seriously, just a little bit) last night about having to now be a “homeschool teacher” on top of everything else with Rory h…

Mar 20

This week was supposed to be reading week for seminary. It’s the week that we were supposed to lay low, relax, and catch up on reading before midterm e…

Mar 19

A pitfall of the Christian life

Mar 18

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