On fixing the date of Easter

January 16, 2016

A proposed set and shared date for Easter raises some interesting questions

A new Nativity

December 21, 2015

Seeing the Incarnation here and now

Let God arise

November 6, 2015

Interpreting an imprecatory Psalm

Saints and saints

November 3, 2015

Conflating All Saints and All Souls robs us of the obligations and opportunities of each

O quanta qualia

November 1, 2015

Considering Abelard’s fine hymn on All Saints’ Day

The Peace of the Lord

October 7, 2015

No time for casual chatter, the Peace is a dominical, apostolical, sacramental thing

Denali

September 2, 2015

What’s in a name?

A hacktivist project proposal

August 28, 2015

Getting real with language

Magnificat and martyrdom

August 14, 2015

Commemorating and learning from a modern witness to the faith

I love thy kingdom, Lord

August 8, 2015

Church, Kingdom, and the earliest American hymn still in general use

The birth and death of St John the Baptist

July 12, 2015

The Forerunner and the Coming of the Lord

Laudato si’

June 28, 2015

The Bishop of Rome’s encyclical is welcome if inadequate

Veiled in flesh

May 10, 2015

Christ clothed in our flesh, and we clothed with Him

The wounded side of Christ II

April 12, 2015

Further thoughts on this rich image

Gloria in exELLCis?

April 11, 2015

A garbled Gloria betrays a misunderstanding of the nature of this text

Father, we thank thee who hast planted

April 10, 2015

A look at another fine Bland Tucker hymn based on an early Christian source

Pascha nostrum

April 10, 2015

Tracing the history of this Easter anthem

Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr

April 5, 2015

The origins of this Easter Gloria paraphrase, first sung on this date in 1523

We would see Jesus

March 28, 2015

Looking high and low for the divine Presence

...not to condemn mankind

March 15, 2015

The early Christian source of this fine Bland Tucker hymn