Contemplation in a world of violence: insights from René Girard and Thomas Merton November 3, 2001A talk prepared for a day retreat with Sebastian Moore on Contemplation in a world of violence: Girard, Merton,...28 mins read
Faith beyond resentment: introduction October 1, 2001Introduction to the book Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay “How” Joseph must have thought, as he donned...10 mins read
Looking backwards for Christmas August 28, 2001Who appears in our midst during midnight mass? I suppose most of us, nudged along by the ceremony...5 mins read
The Good Shepherd October 28, 1999A sermon for the Good Shepherd Sunday on the Girardian Lectionary...1 min read
Being saved and being wrong March 28, 1999However, the whole point of this new story is that it is not given us as completed, it is given us as something to be created. And we are not left entirely bereft of helpful signs, hints, rules of grammar14 mins read
spluttering up the beach to Nineveh . . . March 28, 1999Chapter 4 of the Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay Русский...1 min read
Girard’s breakthrough June 29, 1996A series of coincidences in early 1985 led me to René Girard’s Things Hidden since the Foundation of the...8 mins read
Justification by faith August 28, 1993An excerpt on justification by faith, an excerpt from Knowing Jesus...1 min read