Living in a New Light

Our Lenten journey corresponds to the lengthening of days now that the rotation of the earth around the sun has given our planet a new orientation toward our mother star whose light and heat makes life possible. Our forebears knew well about increasing minutes of...

A Faithful Response to the War

Here’s what we know. First, our reasons for going to war in Iraq were almost entirely based on fabrications and fantasies. There were no weapons of mass destruction, there was no connection between Saddam Hussein and the 9/11 attacks, and there was no threat of...

Only in America

The slight young man stood on the dais of the Democratic Convention and began by saying how remarkable it was that he was there. It was July 27, 2004, and the first time the nation had heard from this Kenyan-American, Barack Obama. Now, nearly three years later, this...

Neighbor-Loving Isn’t Mere Neighborliness

Jesus said that everything normative, all of Christian ethics, hangs on just two rules: Love God, and love your neighbor (Matthew 22:37-40). St. John wrote, in plain and simple Greek, that we can not fulfill the first without having done the second. One who does not...

‘Amazing Grace’

“Amazing Grace,” the story of William Wilberforce’s effort to abolish slavery in the British Empire, delivers everything you want: solid script, outstanding performances, clever wit, tight drama, inspiring story. The film from Philip Anschutz’s...

Our Moveable Feast

With Ash Wednesday behind us and Jerusalem before us we are pilgrims once more. The traditions of the Church have nudged us out of places of comfort and put us on yet another journey to Jerusalem in hopes of learning and experiencing more of what it means to follow...