Social Junkie Blues
Sipping coffee along a corner street café, my friend Marty peered over his dark rimmed glasses to make his concluding remarks. “Eventually the music stops each night, everyone goes home, […]
Tag Archives: culture
The End of Narrative
I have often wanted to ask my theologian-friends if narratives can exist apart from sin. I use the word sin because of its suggestion of brokenness, of problems, of doubt, […]
Passion births life-long union
There is a song which has been following me lately. Everywhere I go it is playing – at the coffee shop, the radio throughout the day – and it is […]
A Life Well Lived
The Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C died on Thursday, February 26, at the age of 97. Fr. Ted, as he was known, served as the president of the University of Notre […]
Can you imagine?
What is the world coming to? Where is it headed? Will it last another millennium? Will there be nuclear war? A global ‘Armageddon’? What are we working for? Fighting for? […]
Technology needs wisdom
Leon Wieseltier has just written quite an interesting piece for the New York Times. (Just between you and me: it come with juicy gossi… well, context too, for it echoes […]
Sprouts from my Garden
It is the dead of winter in Indiana, and South Bend last week set a new record for the most snow in a 24-hour period. I shoveled our front sidewalks […]
Something New
The story of Christmas is little more than one enormous fiction. So I was grimly informed in a recent conversation. Emmanuel, “God with us,” the “humble king” and all that—just […]
Labour of love
“I appreciate the paycheck but God knows I wish there was more meaning to my work.” My friend Matt, a hard working electrician, tossed another chip into his mouth before […]
Reframing our lives and stories
To find an unexpected treasure is one of humanity’s central archetypes. Be it the chest of gold in pirates fables, be it discovering a fascinating person, an exciting project, or […]
Wondering Fair 