Minding the Gap: In Thanksgiving for Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez, OP
Author’s Note: Three years ago this month, I posted this tribute to Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez. I share it again today with much …
Black Suffering / White Revelation
Ten years ago, I published a major article in Theological Studies entitled “`Strange Fruit’: Black Suffering / White Revelation.” It was for …
Frustrating, Complicated, Simple, Love: ADOPTION
A few weeks ago my wife and I attended a “meet and greet” event for potential adoptive families, where adults get to …
Law and Order to Cure Disorder
One of my earliest memories from childhood of political life in America is of the Watergate trial, and the images on TV …
The State of Black [and White] Cincinnati: Two Cities
Lent: a season of self-examination and renewal of trust in the God of our hope. A shared journey into the desert. The …
Jesuit Education and the Bursting of Soap Bubbles
The widespread failure of our criminal justice system to secure the principle that black lives matter no less than white lives is …
The New Normal
“It’s almost impossible to hold officers accountable, barring incredible circumstances. The public just accepts that this is what police had to do.” …
On Anti-Muslim Sentiment in America
We, as Christian theologians in the public sphere, stand together in solidarity with Muslims in the United States in support of all …
The Gift of Tears
The Gift of Tears In this second installation on Pope Francis’ visit to the Philippines, I reflect on the gift of …
Hope Rings, So Defiant (and Climbs a Flagpole)
Sometimes, indeed, a picture tells a thousand words. Or, in this case, several pictures – which add up, in my book, to …
