Essays

Tyler Grudi

Jun 121 min read

“Anchors of Salvation to all": The Abu Dhabi Document as a Universal Missiology for Today

Introduction: “Let us arrive at a statement that is common to us all” In February 2019, during the first-ever apostolic journey of a pope...

Tyler Grudi

Feb 1614 min read

Here are My Mother and My Brothers and My Sisters

Exploring Amoris Laetitia and paths forward for LGBTQ inclusion in the Catholic Church Introduction In Amoris Laetitia, the 2016...

Tyler Grudi

Jan 13, 202317 min read

Minority is Our Mission: Exploring The Franciscan Model for Christian Mission

Introduction St. Francis of Assisi was the first person in the West to outline a mission to non-Christians in a religious rule of life....

Tyler Grudi

Oct 21, 20229 min read

Models of Mission in the Early Church: From Itinerant Preachers to Wandering Monks

The Church at Antioch, where followers of Jesus were first officially called “Christians,” represented the center of the East Syriac...

Tyler Grudi

Jun 24, 202210 min read

Christ in Crisis: An Existential Commentary on the Temptations in the Desert

This essay was written as a final for a course on existential philosophy in the fall of 2017. On the road to Caesarea Philippi, Jesus...