Thoughts on drawing the line between the kind of unselfishness that serves and the kind that sickens.
3 Meek
Mary’s Son
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth (Matthew 5:5). Mary remembered old, wizened Simeon with hair coming out of every pore, bone-bent, hunched, and creeping toward Joseph and Mary's son like a spider. With childlike delight in his crinkled eyes, he...
Masks, Vaccines, and Freedom Worth Dying For
On getting freedom right in the COVID-19 era.
A Writer’s Confession
I do not write for you to remember me. I write for you to remember yourself. Find words for your experience in my words.
The Blessed Exercise of Power: An Inaugural Reflection
On the source of power and how to use it.
Meek Moses Raises His Hand
On the only character called, “meek,” in the Old Testament.
Stories for the Road
A word for college students and everyone who has a long road ahead.
Dr. King’s Medicine: Love Your Enemies
A needed message for our era of polarization.
An Apology for Caspar Milquetoast
Being meek does not mean what you think!
Bart Starr: My Childhood Hero
How a man I never met made a positive difference in my youth.
Saints at Work
Consecrate your job one act of kindness at a time.
Black Friday Pilgrimage to Thomas Merton’s Grave
How I spent Black Friday.