The fundamental issue in my classroom was a split between profane (how one uses cell phone) and sacred (God-stuff).
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Author: Timothy Brunk
Timothy Brunk is associate professor of theology at Villanova University. He teaches courses in sacramental theology and in pastoral care of the sick. His major research focus at present is the interplay of consumer culture and sacramental worship. A number of articles on the topic are in print and a book is in the works.
Reflection on Lenten Sacrifice
This, rather, is the fasting that I wish!
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Liturgy, Distraction, and Children
The presence of each person old or young, tall or short, blind or sighted, nourishes each person.
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Second Sunday of Advent
Our readings for the Second Sunday of Advent this year remind us that the Advent of the Messiah is the Advent of justice and joy.
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Eucharistic Praying and Consumerism
However important the institution narrative of the Eucharistic Prayer may be, excessive emphasis on that narrative can obscure the wider context of thanksgiving to the Father that is the raison d’être of the prayer.
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Teaching Undergraduates (continued)
If you are a teacher or catechist, how do you invite students to ponder the nature of theological learning?
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Praying and Singing During a Church Crisis
I am wondering how worship addressed or did not address the abuse in Pennsylvania, apart from the homily.
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Humility and Worship
Humility as a precondition for worship and as contributing factor to participation in worship can remind us all that liturgy and life form a closed circuit and yet a circuit that opens to the in-breaking of the kingdom of God.
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Liturgy and Culture
The Philadelphia Liturgical Institute is seeks to understand how local congregations experience the relationship between liturgy and culture .
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A Wedding Mass
The homilist addressed the soon-to-be-married couple, telling them that in each other they have found “the cause of and the work of your salvation.” The phrase struck me as a fine way to characterize marriage.
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