Brent House

This homily is incomplete because there are still more saints to be made, more deeds to be done that witness to the presence, the power, the love of God revealed to us in Christ Jesus.

Boaz is called the “redeemer” in this story. But Ruth is the true source of redemption.

Bibfeldt suffered an unmentionable disgrace in a duel at swords. It would later be the occasion for a surprisingly well-received essay on Jewish-Christian relations, “Empathy With the Circumcised.”

Here’s another recently-found bit of student writing, this time Beverly Lau’s thoughts on finding Brent House: Someone told me one time, “I’m glad you found Brent House.”  And I  told him, “No, I’m glad Stacy found me.”  I would not have known about Brent House were it not for Stacy’s tabling at the Graduate Student [...]

I’ve spent the week digging through the piles on my desk and found Laura Eberly’s reflection on her baptism at the Easter Vigil two years ago.  (I’ll keep posting other student writings as I find them!): Baptism.  After months of catechism mentoring, agonizing questions, Lenten discipline and fervent prayer, it is Easter vigil and I [...]