Tradition & Practice

But let us not confuse statements for faithfulness. Let our churches become the statement. Let our tables become the statement. Let our ministries become the statement. Let our lives become the statement. And when words are finally needed, let them rise from a witness already visible. Let them point not to our importance, but to Christ. Let them call attention not to the size of our communion, but to the suffering of God’s beloved. Let them serve the wounded, n

Holy Saturday is the most uncomfortable day in the Christian calendar. Because nothing happens. No miracles. No teaching. No resurrection. Just silence.

Good Friday The Day Religion Killed God Good Friday confronts us with an uncomfortable truth. Jesus was not killed by criminals. He was not killed by pagans alone. He was not killed by outsiders. Jesus was killed by a collaboration of religion, politics, and public opinion. That is what makes Good Friday so dangerous.

Maundy Thursday is the night everything changes. No miracles. No crowds. No confrontation. Just a table. A basin. A towel. And a command. But what happens in that upper room is not gentle spirituality. It is a complete dismantling of how religion usually works.

Holy Wednesday is quiet. No crowds. No palm branches. No loud confrontation. Only a deal being made in the dark.

We do not inherit Scripture as a solved problem. We inherit it as a holy responsibility. From the beginning, the people of God have argued with the text. Not against it, but with it. Scripture addresses real communities, living under pressure, making choices that carry consequences. That has never changed. What changes are the questions we bring and the lives at stake when we answer them.

One of the most frequent criticisms leveled at Convergent Catholicism is the accusation of relativism. The concern usually follows a familiar line. If Scripture is held alongside Tradition, if reason and lived experience are taken seriously, and if East and West are allowed to speak to one another, then truth becomes unstable. Authority weakens. Everything becomes negotiable. That fear deserves to be taken seriously. But it also needs to be examined honestly. The reality is t

There are seasons in leadership when effort stops feeling like progress. You show up. You speak carefully. You make decisions with intention. And still, it feels like it is not enough. Not to the people you serve. Sometimes not even to you. We are living in one of those seasons. The economy continues to press hard on families already stretched thin. Trans people are being openly targeted, legislated against, and spoken about as abstractions rather than neighbors. Racism has n