Start here.
I have written here since 2010 on evangelization, parish life, Scripture, apologetics, and the moral life. These six are the best place to begin.
Go Home and Live as Missionary Disciples
If your faith feels humdrum, you may not have entered the mission yet. A talk to men on what that asks of you.
Formed By Distraction
Eliot described minds pulled from one distraction to the next. We now carry that in our pockets. What is it forming in us?
What Is a Catholic?
A plain answer: who belongs to the Church Christ founded on the Apostles, and what holds that Church together.
Why You Need Your Men’s Group
Before asking whether men’s groups work, ask what problem they are meant to solve.
Why Protestants Are Becoming Catholic at My Parish
What draws evangelicals and mainline Protestants into the Catholic Church, as they told me in class.
How God Speaks in Human Words
The first of four articles on how the Bible is at once a human book and the Word of God.
The Story of the Fall
The story of Adam and Eve illustrates the psychology and theology of sin for each of us, not just for our original parents. I want to walk through the temptation narrative in chapter 3 of Genesis so you can understand your own interior struggle with sin and imperfections.
A Walk Through Genesis One
"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters." The two key concepts that the rest of the chapter answers is "Without form" and "void". On Days 1, 2, 3, God forms the creation and on the corresponding days of 4, 5, 6 He fills the void with creatures. This is the structure of the rest of the first creation account until we crown the week with the Sabbath Day of rest.
A World with the Family at the Center
We will break the Bible into manageable chunks so that we can get the BIG PICTURE of what God is doing. These chunks are part of the Bible's own structure and if we miss them, then we will miss out on what God is doing and why He is doing it. The Bible is built upon the ancient practice of covenant. We don't really share their notion of a covenant today, so we need to understand this concept really well. Let's compare covenants with contracts.
Why is it so difficult to get into the Bible?
The Bible is not a book. It is a collection or library (Latin: biblia) composed of 73 books written over the course of centuries, through the hands of dozens of writers, redactors, and compilers, both men and women. These books are based on even older traditions passed down from generation to generation.
