We stood along the highway in a blizzard, trying to hitchhike. We started reciting Bible verses to pass the time.
Faith Matters
Faithful responses to work, family, and everyday life
Image: Abbey of Our Lady of Saint-Remy, Wallonia, Belgium. Some rights reserved by Luca Galuzzi.
If Benedict’s Rule is a text of resistance, what does it help us resist?
We need to study peace a lot harder than those who are studying war.
Martin Luther isn’t the only theologian for whom we celebrate a major anniversary this year.
They were black, Latino, and white. They were whispering and laughing together.
Dwelling in the edgelands can help us find what’s most hidden.
We are God’s artifacts—beautiful, incomplete, and mysterious.
Buddhist statues and Orthodox icons aren't always symmetrical. Neither are we.
In our current political climate, the preacher struggles to say something both unifying and prophetic.
We need the prophets to unmask power’s seductions.
Intolerance won the vote, but St. Martin's witnesses to a different reality.
Self-realization is possible only in relation to a reality beyond the self.
An insight I gleaned from Ernest Hemingway rings true for the mainline church today.
People read J. K. Rowling’s books as if they were scripture. What if they were?
It's dangerous to stress that an abuser isn't all bad. It's also accurate.