Courage and the Search for God
In watching the media coverage of the death of civil rights leader, non-violence advocate and Congressman John Lewis, I was moved by the courage shown by Lewis and other “trouble ...
How Doubt Prevents Smugness
My friend, Terry Bruce, recently reminded me of a sort of tongue-in-cheek creed of journalists: “If your mother says she loves you, check it out.” Those words, in fact, were ...
Resilience and the Search for God, Part II
A few years ago, Eilene Zimmerman decided she wanted to help her estranged husband who obviously needed it. But she was shocked when she went to his home and found ...
The Problem with Generosity
Padre Blas Escobar is the parish priest in the town of Tamanique in El Salvador. I began communicating with him only a few months ago because though the church I ...
Things That Go Bump in the Night
A monk at Conception Abbey in Missouri told this well-known story in a homily at a Mass I viewed online. In a rite of passage, a native-American father takes his ...
Faith’s Impossible Goals
The gospels present people searching for God with seemingly impossible goals. Among the most daunting is this quote from Jesus: “You, therefore, must be perfect as your heavenly father is ...