Refuge in Psalm 91
Sometimes, in the challenges of our lives, we can feel far from God’s help.
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Living Life to the Full
“I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!” Jesus told the disciples (Luke 12:49).
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A Choice to Be Radical
How in the world could a group of women, ranging in age from nine to ninety-three at their deaths, women formally canonized by the Catholic Church for heroic virtues and associated miracles, be considered radical? Because being a Christian is ...
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A Cosmic Resurrection
Part of the great mystery of life is that it’s just as hard to see the ecstasy and beauty of things as it is to accept the crucifixion of things. Both are the paschal mystery—Christ has died, Christ is risen—and ...
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The Other Person Is Not Your Problem
One of the few generalizations we can make in the field of universal spirituality is this: No one else is your problem. You are always the locus of conversion and transformation. It is always about you first of all—always. You ...
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God Makes Grace from Our Grit
God makes grace out of our grit, salvation out of our sin. We are saved, ironically, not by doing it right as much as by the suffering of having done it wrong. We come to God not through our perfection ...
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Only the True Self Can Live the Gospel
How can I know, work through the anger, and still be a life-giving presence? Naïveté is different from second naïveté. The former is a kind of virtuous ignorance; the latter is a spirit of informed openness, often gained after disillusionment. ...
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