How does one pray in an age marred by terrorism? What words do I use, and for what do I ask? When I recognize…
Hearing amidst the clamor: 4 reflections
Maturity and Flourishing / Spirituality
On learning to hear A couple of years ago I published an essay on Art House America that I titled, “On Learning to Hear.”…
The life of faith in an evolving world: a sketch
In the beginning God created everything necessary for natural life. In time, the stars, planets, minerals, trees and all earthly beings would spring from…
Of Things Unseen
One day, in the early seventies, I walked into the bookstore instead of just past it, as was my habit. As a lover of…
Facing Guns and Horror
Community / Pluralistic World / Spirituality
In a thoughtful and pained reflection, “The Inexplicable: Inside the mind of a mass killer,” Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard tries to comprehend the…
The Appearance of Virtue
Faith / Maturity and Flourishing / Spirituality
I set out one night When the tide was low There were signs in the sky But I did not know I’d be caught…
Is Everything Political?
Community / Ordinary Life / Pluralistic World / Spirituality
In Our Only World (2015), Wendell Berry argues that people must be careful to resist the temptation of politicization: the habit of mind that…
A Conversation About Ferguson
Community / Culture / Safe Place / Spirituality
Introduction Meet Greg Pitchford and Luke Bobo. Luke is a 55 year-old African-American male and Greg is a 51 year-old White-American male. Luke lives…
Blaming God
Faith / Scripture / Spirituality
The long line of ants parading across the kitchen counter leads to a jar of sticky strawberry jelly left open last night by someone…
Creation Turned Bad
Bill Gates recently included a fascinating graphic on his blog to highlight the deadliness of mosquito borne illnesses, a problem the Gates Foundation is…