Revelation
In the fall of 2009, I moved to South Bend for a year-long exchange at the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Philosophy of Religion. At the Ethics and Culture Conference that November, I met...
View ArticleAmid the Wreckage of the Christian Right
Just before midnight on December 29, 1972, Eastern Airlines flight 401 was descending toward Miami International Airport with 176 souls on board. The night was a clear with no moon. When the pilots...
View ArticlePermission to Lament
In one of Henri Nouwen’s newly published letters, there comes this moment of real human transparency and frailty: What I keep hoping for are friends who protect, support and care for my celibate choice...
View ArticleJoseph Nicolosi, Rest in Peace
Yesterday Joseph Nicolosi, who played a prominent role in promoting reparative therapy, passed away unexpectedly from complications from the flu. Although Spiritual Friendship exists in large part to...
View ArticleSexual Minorities in the Orthodox Church: Towards a Better Conversation
A few months ago I was invited to become one of the contributors to a new Eastern Orthodox blog called Orthodoxy in Dialogue. At the time I had just written my post How Should We Then Live? which was a...
View ArticleBenedict XVI on Friendship with Christ
On Tuesday, Pope emeritus Benedict XVI sent a letter to an Italian newspaper. In response to a question about his well-being, Benedict wrote of the “slow waning” of his physical strength, and spoke...
View ArticleCelibacy: Tragedy or Deep Comedy?
I started the process of coming out as gay and celibate just over a year ago when I came out to one of my best friends. It was the last Saturday in Lent which, ironically, also happened to be April …...
View ArticleSpiritual Friendship: Learning to Desire Love
Conference Announcement! On July 26, 2018 from 1-5pm, Spiritual Friendship will host a pre-conference, immediately preceding the Revoice Conference in St. Louis. Featuring Ron Belgau, Matthew Lee...
View ArticleA Happy Convergence
Sometimes it really does seem that Providence arranges remarkable and helpful convergences. This week, just after I’d read these hope-giving lines from Eve Tushnet’s reflections on her role in the...
View ArticleAgapáo and Philéo by the Sea of Tiberias
In today’s Gospel (from John 21), we heard the story of Jesus’ third post-resurrection appearance to His disciples. Simon Peter and six other disciples were on a boat in the Sea of Tiberias. They had...
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