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Swimming in God
Yep, it sounds a little weird. When I was a postulant (the first year of religious life with the Franciscans) I lived in the Bronx. We had a pretty tight schedule that began with morning prayer and...
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Glee, God and the Question of Theodicy
Why suffering? This primordial struggle, to grapple for meaning at times when the world seems dark and absurd, is both the perennial quest for an answer to our pain and the subject of this week’s...
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The Opposite of a Religious Person is a Loveless Person
The title of this post comes from the renown philosopher-theologian, and personal favorite of mine, Prof. John D. Caputo. The line, startling to many at first glance, comes from his book On Religion...
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‘Dating God’ in the Imagery of Clare of Assisi
It has been a while since I’ve spoken specifically about Franciscan Spirituality as it relates to the title of this blog, Dating God. At the core of this theme stands the belief that one way to...
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A Merton Thought for a Rainy Day
It’s rainy here in Albany. By chance I happened to be reading this letter from Thomas Merton to Jay Laughlin of New Directions Press on January 7, 1950 and the following passage struck me as worth...
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God’s Approval Rating is 52%: A Very Theological Poll
I just heard about this on NPR’s weekend Morning Edition and it was very interesting, if a bit silly. A polling firm recently asked nearly 1,000 people if God exists, how would you rate [his or her]...
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Seeing With the Eyes of God
This reflection is now available in Daniel P. Horan, OFM’s book Franciscan Spirituality for the 21st Century: Selected Reflections from the Dating God Blog and Other Essays, Volume One (Koinonia Press,...
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We, The (not so) Prodigal Sons
The Gospel for this Fourth Sunday of Lent is a familiar one to nearly all people. Even those who aren’t Christians, but have some cultural familiarity with Christian themes and classic parables, have...
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Assurance of Love, Peace, and Mercy
Today’s First Reading is taken from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, which is no surprise during this Advent season. Selected from the 54th Chapter—known in exegetical circles as “third Isaiah” given...
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