Videos

Here are videos of some of my talks.

The Corporal Works of Mercy

The Woman Caught in Adultery

Graduate Counseling Education and Religious Opposition to Counseling Gays about Their Relationships
(My talk begins at the 15:00 minute mark)

Catholic Social Thought and Just Wages

Justice and Joy: Pope Francis’s Apostolic Exhortation on the Joy of the Gospel

Adapting Buddhist Meditation Practices to Christian Prayer

Connecting the Head to the Heart

What Gift Will I Bring? “(A Christmas Message)”

The Ignatian Year XX: Giving Others the Benefit of the Doubt July 27, 2021
In one of the Annotations (or Preliminary Observations) that open the Spiritual Exercises, in talking about the mutual respect that must exist between the person giving the Exercises and the retreatant, Ignatius makes an observation about what he suggests must be true of “every good Christian” – and that is that we always give others […]
Of Mustard Seeds and Yeast July 26, 2021
In today’s Gospel from Matthew, Jesus uses two parables to help his followers understand the Kingdom of God. The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field. It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes […]

Walking With Jesus During Lent February 14, 2018
Tonight was the opening session of the Lenten Ignatian Retreat at St. Thomas More. After this initial large group meeting, small retreat groups will meet weekly, and participants will pray each day with materials we provide to them that are based on Weeks 2 and 3 of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. I gave […]
Women of the Bible: Rachel and Leah September 19, 2016
Today was the second session of the Fall Reflection Series that Jennifer Wright and I are offering at the University of St. Thomas (on the Minneapolis campus) this year. The theme for this five week series is Women of the Bible. In last week’s opening session, Jennifer spoke about Sarah and Hagar. (You can find her talk […]
Women of the Bible: Sarah and Hagar September 15, 2016
Monday was the first session of the Fall Reflection Series that Jennifer Wright and I are offering at the University of St. Thomas (on the Minneapolis campus) this year. Our theme for the five week series is Women of the Bible. Monday I briefly introduced the series and Jennifer spoke our our first subjects: Sarah […]