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I Still Slam Doors: When Anger Strikes

We had a "misunderstanding" over the weekend. Well, actually I had a misunderstanding--and it wasn't pretty. I got angry and let him know it. He tried talking things out, but I only got more upset. So I got my angry s…
On Healing: Following Jesus' Example

By Mike Barrow "A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, 'If you are willing, you can make me clean.' Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. 'I am willing,' he said. 'Be cle…
Through the Ice: Remembering a Life

I suppose one is never too young to prove how simultaneously macho and stupid he is. Years ago I participated in a father-son church program where fathers and their preteen sons would come together twice a month for a ni…
I Want to Love Others the Way That He Loved Me

By Jessie "I want to forgive like you forgave, Rescue like you have saved others The way that You loved me." - "Others", Israel Houghton It's my first week back from winter break, and classes are proceeding as normal. I…
Understanding Suffering as a Path to God

No one likes suffering. It is a profound challenge to the idea of a loving God if we see him as inflicting suffering. But suffering is somehow inherent to our existence. We die. Indeed, said a priest/professor of mine,…
Loving Enemies: What's Your Understanding?

It's near impossible for me at this point to write on enemy love without going to a specific place. I'm okay with that for the most part. However, a negative result of that is I find myself unable to get the opinions of…
DJ Jazzy Jeff, Theology and What's Wrong with Churchgoers

By Aaron at The Mockingbird Blog Do you remember that feeling when you were on the receiving end of a parental lecture: That compelling desire to escape, combined with a growing resolve to completely reject all the coun…
Playing Devil's Advocate: Thoughts Regarding the Difference Between Islam and Terrorism

Well, after receiving yet another "Muslim stamp" e-mail, those of you who have also received this e-mail already know what I am talking about, it has come to my attention that there are many people in this country who st…
The Odd Morality of the Green Movement

Going green has become a ubiquitous moral standard. Buying green/organic/local equates to a paradigm of virtue. But what is really so good about it? Although there are many indirect goods to the Green Movement, I fear th…
Courteous Commuting: Saving Souls On the Way to Work

Living in NYC almost guarantees that your main means of transportation is the Metro. You take your sanity in your hands when you board the train or bus. Walking through the subway stations on any given week day in the B…