I’d Like to Say: We Need to Stop ‘Othering’
The time-honored practice of labeling and excluding those who differ from us is eating away at our Christian call to love one another.
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Bedrock of Franciscan Peacemaking
Mutual giving and receiving is the bedrock of Franciscan peacemaking.
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Following the Better Angels of Our Nature
In his first inaugural address, President Abraham Lincoln counseled his listeners to follow the better angels of their nature. War was on the horizon, and yet Lincoln asserted that “we are not enemies, but friends.”
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God’s Ways, Not Ours
Someone who constantly engages in “if only” thinking will never truly be at peace.
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Strangers to Brothers: St. Francis and the Sultan
As Francis drew nearer, the Sultan’s expression changed to one of mild amusement. Francis couldn’t help returning the expression.
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Beware the Contagion of War
As atrocities continue on both sides of the conflict in the Holy Land, the striking Franciscan vision of a more peace-loving world is all the more needed.
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