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)”
Creo en Dios
- Do We Give Glory or Contribute to Jesus’ Suffering? April 14, 2019Today we celebrate Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week. At Catholic Masses and some Protestant services, people will process into church waving palms, celebrating Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. We hear in our Scripture that as Jesus rides along on a donkey, people shout “Hosanna” and lay palm branches before his path. In […]
- Christus Vivit April 2, 2019Pope Francis’ Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Christus Vivit has just been released. I have not yet had a chance to read it, but you can read the document in its entirety here. Although directly addressed to “all Christian young people”, Francis says upfront that he is “also addressing this message to the entire People of God, […]
Recent Podcasts
- Walking With Jesus During Lent February 14, 2018Tonight 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, 2016Today 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, 2016Monday 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 […]