[Over the past few years, I’ve made it a practice to write for every day of the Holy Week. This year, I’ve decided to let the ground lie fallow, so I can come back to these readings with fresher eyes in the future.] Here are some posts from previous years to help us commemorate Holy … Continue reading Resources for Holy Tuesday
[Over the past few years, I’ve made it a practice to write for every day of the Holy Week. This year, I’ve decided to let the ground lie fallow, so I can come back to these readings with fresher eyes in the future.] Here are some posts from previous years to help us commemorate Holy … Continue reading Resources for Holy Monday
[Over the past few years, I’ve made it a practice to write for every day of the Holy Week. This year, I’ve decided to let the ground lie fallow, so I can come back to these readings with fresher eyes in the future.] Here are some posts from previous years to help us commemorate Palm … Continue reading Resources for Palm Sunday
A quick look at the problem of 'human troubles' and how they can get in our way.
Friday’s post here marked the end of a series on the nature of authority in Christianity. That series reinforced for me an old truth: that Tradition is applying the wisdom of the past in the new circumstances of the present, for the sake of the future. When it’s working well, Tradition doesn’t just look backward, … Continue reading The Mountaintop: A Reflection on Mark 9.2-9
Matthew Root 