Compassion: The Secret to a Life of Faith?
A young man who wanted to leave a gang came to see Gregory Boyle, S.J., founder of Homeboy Industries – a gang intervention, rehabilitation and re-entry program in Los Angeles. ...
Pleading Uncertainty, We Flee God
A man and woman from Washington, D.C., who quit their jobs to bike around the world, were killed in an attack in Tajikistan a few weeks ago. The couple, Jay ...
Honest Talk on the Benefits of Faith
Gerald Waris, my lifelong best friend, and about 34 of his cousins recently held a reunion in which participants were invited to share memories of their childhood and their long-ago ...
The Church as Museum
In the book, “Young Adult Catholics, Religion in the Culture of Choice,” the authors include a wealth of data on attitudes and beliefs of a range of young people, from ...
Where is Everybody?
I recently listened to an episode of the National Public Radio program, This American Life, in which a couple of commentators discussed the Fermi Paradox. One of them said that ...
Let the Children Come Unto Them?
I write these weekly essays hoping that they help people who have given up on God or religion see things in a new light. That includes using clear and direct ...