Prophetic Persistence
My friend Pat Geier gave this homily to the Loretto Community. Palm Sunday 2021Isaiah 50:4-7Phil. 2:6-11Mark 11:1-10 The story of that first Palm Sunday as told by Mark would have made for good optics. If…
Tag: John Dominic Crossan
After Sanders Makes His Endorsement, I Turn to Some Great Reminderers
Those who live by compassion are often canonized. Those who live by justice are often crucified. –John Dominic Crossan, Scripture Scholar, USA Don’t mourn. Organize. –Mother Jones, labor activist, USA The madness of violence must…
Worth Reading
Dear Irina, Here are some books that may speak to a few of your questions, interests, and enthusiasms. I’ll send more later on if you want…. Mark Daniel Berrigan, Isaiah: Spirit of Courage, Gift…
After Reading John Dominic Crossan*
Dear Shimmelstoy After our talk the other day (So many tears … but how energized I was when we parted!) I went home to read and came across this line: “We live in the shadow…
Exit-Interview
She’s spent four years at SLU And is moving on I’ve spent fourteen years at SLU And am moving on We had class together fall 2008 Her tender sophomore year We’ve met ten or twelve…
Towards a Post-Civilizational Praxis
For Jim Flynn and Pat Geier A Reflection on John Dominic Crossan God & Empire: Jesus against Rome, Then and Now [2007] In the past few awful, maleficent years of the Bush Administration, a spate of books has appeared…
Jewish Progressives Wrestle with Renewal and the Legacy of Auschwitz
First published in National Catholic Reporter, March 1995 A time for self-congratulation, or self-interrogation? Over the next several months, U.S. citizens will be reminded of the end to the horrors of World War II fifty…