Our Images of God
Some spiritual teachers have a way of making my heart sing! One such wisdom-speaker is Sister Elizabeth Johnson CSJ. In her latest book, Come, Have Breakfast, Meditations on God and…
The current era in which we live, marked by unique challenges, advancements, and cultural shifts.
A gun gifted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda at the NATO summit in Ankara. (Lithuanian President's Office/Reuters)
“EVIL THAT LEARNS GOOD MANNERS”
Following the recent NATO Summit, Metropolitan Archbishop of Naples, † Don Mimmo Battaglia, issued a powerful reflection after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented commemorative firearms to NATO leaders as…
First Lady Michelle Obama participates in an interview with Stephen Colbert during a taping of “The Colbert Report,” with military families of troops deployed to Afghanistan as part of the audience, at the Colbert Report Studio in New York, N.Y., April 11, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)
Hello, Hello: Stephen Colbert and a Culture of Encounter
I have been an episodic viewer of “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert. After all, it *is* LATE. However, when his program was cancelled by CBS, I began recording his…
Held Between Cross and Cosmos
I had this amazing experience of hanging on the cross this week. A true oxymoronic encounter…the sorrow and joy of it lingers. It feels like a Holy Saturday moment, caught…
Earth from the perspective of Artemis II
A Mirror of Our Humanity
“Our challenge is to create a new language, even a new sense of what it is to be human. It is to transcend not only national limitations, but even our…
Disability is not Inability
From 6th to 15th March, our screens bring us once more the Paralympic Games. As I watch these games I am reminded of this phrase so often spoken when I…
Called to Vigilance, Commitment to Prevention
It was early in 2024, just a year since I had begun a new ministry in collaboration with LifeWay Network in New York City, accompanying women survivors of human trafficking.…
The Taste of Things: Hope Abides
In dark times we are encouraged to look for the harbingers of Light, which are always present (John 1:5)! In dark times we are told that ‘where sin abounds, grace…
Awareness, Honesty and Rupture – Stepping Outside of the Lie
For many years, I have been concerned for the present state of our planet-home.1 In a time of climate change which became climate crisis, and is now seen by many…
The Taste of Things: Diversity
It is 6:30 in the morning. No time for a weekend sleep in. I am on my way to a historic flag-raising ceremony! Two friends and I are walking to…