For an exploration of a better kind of "brutal unity," check out my article on a brutal unity explored .

introduction In this post I want to explore the concept of “brutal unity”, which I came across in Matthew Shedden’s brief review of Eph...

Isn't that the question many of us are asking ourselves, with our own particulars incorporated in it? Our difference is not always ou...

Christine Pohl, in Making Room , says this about hospitality: Although we often think of hospitality as a tame and pleasant practice, Chr...

It's not that simple or random, is it? But note two things: it's names of minority groups that are put on the dartboard, and th...

It may surprise some of you who attend churches where the creeds are said as part of the liturgy, that a key word is missing: Nothing ...

Christine Pohl, in Making Room , tells the story of the village of Chambon: It is critical to have the freedom to define a Christian iden...

For all of us who associate Martin Luther with the Reformation and nailing a lengthy thesis onto a church door, surprise! From two sep...

Slippery slopes seem to be of much concern in the Christian community. Here I'm giving the usual idea a twist... suggesting that it...

This is avoidable. That doesn't mean it will be avoided. It really depends on all who attend St. Peas committing to following Jes...

I recently read Christine D. Pohl's book, Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition , and will be quoting from it i...

Yes, this is cynical, but isn't it true that some people become worse after they become Christians? What's with that? If Jesus is...

What do you think about that? The 7Up ad, of course, used a twist on words to say that of all the colas you can find, something that wa...

Darkwood Brew, a "groundbreaking interactive web television program and spiritual gathering that explores progressive/emerging Christi...

Daniel Berrigan S.J., is a Catholic priest, peace activist, and poet. This story from his book, Love, love at the end ties in well with the...