I’ve come rather late to this whole Downton Abbey phenomena, only recently having seen any of the show. At the…
Thomas GoodhartJanuary 24, 2013
I’d never really been in a church until I was ten years old. Oh sure, there’d been a couple of…
Thomas GoodhartDecember 27, 2012
Just to be clear, beer and gasoline is not what this post is about, although they do make an appearance…
Thomas GoodhartDecember 13, 2012
Today my thoughts return me to Jerusalem and Ramallah, Hebron/al-Ḫalīl, At-Tuwani, and Tuba and to the many people who live…
Thomas GoodhartNovember 29, 2012
What if the church became more like an AA meeting? “Father, can I have a blessing?” In scrubby jeans and…
Thomas GoodhartNovember 15, 2012
The call came in part way through a three or four-day retreat. Part of the seminary’s January term, the entire…
Thomas GoodhartNovember 1, 2012
Maybe it really is just about catching flies with chopsticks. Often ministry is not what you think it will be.…
Thomas GoodhartOctober 18, 2012
There is a legend told in the “Little Flowers of St. Francis”—often referenced by its Italian name, “Fioretti”—of the town…
Thomas GoodhartOctober 4, 2012
I ate figs this morning, chopped-up, warmed momentarily in the microwave—which gives them an extra gooey sweetness—and smothered in yogurt…
Thomas GoodhartSeptember 20, 2012
