Being with the One You Love
Writing notes for this blog, I stare out the window of the retreat house at New Melleray, a Trappist monastery in northeast Iowa, at what I believe is a large ...
Is Thanksgiving for Unbelievers?
(This blog was originally published in 2014. I did some updating for 2018, but it’s mostly the same. That includes the wish that readers will have a thankful Thanksgiving.) I ...
Who Is Your God?
A priest in Colombia, Juan Jaime Escobar, is an extraordinary speaker, combining profound insights into his subjects, humor, and a keen sense of what people are actually thinking and doing. ...
A Tiny Spark of Light
In her book, “Redeemed,” Heather King writes about the changes in her life when she went from being a waitress to becoming a lawyer in Los Angeles. Described as “an ...
Division, Hate and the Search for God
Mass shootings and terrorist acts against various groups of Americans come and go with such frequency that we may become immune to their horror. The latest, at this writing at ...