Blog Posts

With a fulltime schedule as a pastor and professor and amidst a fraught political environment, I didn’t have the time or inclination to blog this past fall. Now, in the interregnum between semesters – having submitted my grades yesterday – I thought I would weigh in with a look back and a look ahead to… Read more

Last Saturday, on a beautiful June morning, family, friends and colleagues of Tom Johnson celebrated his remarkable life and important work at Our Lady of Lourdes in Minneapolis. Although attendance for Tom’s funeral was significantly limited due to COVID, Governor Walz, Lt. Governor Flanagan and Senator Klobuchar were all in attendance. After the funeral, which… Read more

A week ago, George Floyd was killed in broad daylight in Minneapolis as Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck and back for nearly nine minutes, while the other officers stood at the scene looking on. The casualness of Derek Chauvin’s look on his face as he was snuffing the life out of Floyd, as Floyd… Read more

When looking at the state of our country and the struggles that abound, the fact that so many individuals and our society seek to journey apart from the light of God’s grace and truth should not be minimized for its effect. Scripture often presents the two paths that are open before us – with God… Read more

Last Wednesday as the U.S. Capitol was under siege in a violent attack, which left 5 dead, several injured, scores arrested and a country on the brink, I was in the midst of an Ignatian retreat. After my requisite and fruitful prayer periods on January 6th, I tuned into the evening news and was stunned… Read more