Okay, nothing controversial here, right? A long post, with apologies. Brevity just didn’t seem possible. Deep breath, and:
My dad lied to my grandma a couple of days ago. He and I had been walking around his land and having the conversation I’d been longing to have with him all Thanksgiving, and when we went back […]
Advent 1C
St. David’s, Austin
Nov. 29, 2009
Gospel Reading: Luke 21:25-36
25“There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves. 26People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of […]
This is the final post where I’ll be offering some theological reflections on community trimmed from the theology section of my recently-finished book on Harry Potter, due out in Summer ‘10. These reflections may seem a little choppy, since they’re no longer part of a larger context, but the larger context is J. K. Rowling’s […]
The news of the shootings at Fort Hood has come as I’m speaking in Washington, far away from what I would normally be very close to. I only want to say this: people who love guns have always told us that we need for guns to be widely available so that wrongdoers with guns can […]
This is the third post where I’ll be offering some theological reflections on community trimmed from the theology section of my recently-finished book on Harry Potter, due out in Summer ‘10.
These reflections may seem a little choppy, since they’re no longer part of a larger context, but the larger context is J. K. Rowling’s emphasis […]
