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Luke’s account of Jesus calling Peter, James, and John
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Jesus heads to Capernaum, healing the sick and casting out demons, after being run out of his home town.
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To my embarrassment, I have not written on my website since Ash Wednesday. I suppose I could lie and say I gave up blogging for lent, but now that we’re past Pentecost I think that ship has sailed.
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Today is Ash Wednesday, and the first day of Lent
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Jesus rejected in his hometown of Nazareth
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The Temptation of Jesus and the beginning of His public ministry
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Today we remember the conversion of St. Paul, the Apostle
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What do we mean by “moral imagination” and “idyllic imagination”
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Luke’s genealogy of Jesus and its importance
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Two commemorations appear on the calendar today. One is a commemoration of the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the other remembers the “Confession of St. Peter.”
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We continue our analysis of imagination, how it applies to the atrocity of Nazi Germany, and how such horrors can be resisted.
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Reflections on the story about Jesus, as a young boy, at the Temple.
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January 6th marks the Feast of Epiphany in the Western Church…and the beginning of “Mardi Gras” season.
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There is no virtue in worshipping or hating a country. Perhaps a “qualified patriotism” is a better way?
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Reflections as we pass from one “year of our Lord,” to another year of the same Lord.
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Commentary on the Luke 2:21-40, sometimes called “Candlemas”
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Today is the Feast of the Holy Innocents
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Today is the “Feast of Stephen,” first Christian Martyr
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The Christmas Story and the hope we have in Christ
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The birth of John the Baptist and the Song of Zechariah
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Understanding why imagination and stories impact our lives requires that we appreciate the interplay between will, imagination, and reason
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Today, the electoral college will meet to officially elect the President of the United States
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Beginning this week, I’d like to share some of my thoughts on the question of imagination: what it is, why it is important, and how greater knowledge of it has significant practical implications.
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The birth of John the Baptist is foretold to Zechariah and Elizabeth
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Remembering the real St. Nicholas in the second week of Advent
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I share some syllabi from recent courses taught at Heidelberg University
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I begin a Lay Commentary on the Gospel of Luke, and the first 4 verses, known as “The Prologue”
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An introduction to a “Lay Commentary” on Scripture I begin this Advent.
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November 30th is St. Andrew’s Day!
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Today, (Sunday, November 29th, 2020) is the first day of the Advent season. According to the Anglican Calendar (and probably other liturgical Christian calendars) today is also a day to remember the birth and life of Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963), better known as C.S. Lewis, the author of the Chronicles…
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November 30th marks the beginning of the season of Advent and the beginning of the “Church Year,” as celebrated across Christian denominations. In this blog, I want to share some reflections on why the idea of following the Church calendar is important for Christians, what Advent is “about,” and I’ll…
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Just Northwest of Mio, Michigan on some state land east of Townline Road, there is a plastic chair. It is painted brown and has sat there for many years, overlooking a gently sloping hill covered in oak trees. It is the chair of Jim Volpi, my grandfather, who passed away…
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Published by Josh Bowman on July 1, 2021Jesus heals a leper