I grew up liking soccer, but at some point, I disconnected from it. Even a week before the World Cup began, I was not planning to watch. But then, while...
The Examined Life
Discover The Examined Life columns, highlighting the intersections between contemplation, lived faith, and social justice in daily life.
I was working quickly, spreading mulch in my garden, when I flipped over a sheet of cardboard and saw a tiny face with round black eyes staring up at me. I’d...
Forty years ago, I was asked to consider a Plowshares action. My measured response was that I would, but I would need three months to pray on it. A Plowshares...
My father’s tremendous affection for human beings did not extend to humanity’s capitalist messaging, and television commercials especially provoked his scorn...
I’ve always found stained-glass art fascinating—the way pieces of glass of different shapes, colors, and textures come together, pressed and soldered by...
When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. 1...
Imagine this: a house built on a shaky foundation, right on top of an earthquake fault line. Then the big earthquake comes. Not a mild 3.3 tremor, which a...
On January 7, 2026 an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer murdered Renee Good, a mother of young children and an award-winning poet. Also in...
“For I know well the plans I have in mind for you . . . plans for your welfare and not for woe, so as to give you a future of hope.”(Jeremiah 29:11)...
I like snakes, which is a good thing, since I’ve encountered a lot of them, often in unexpected places. Most memorable was the black rat snake that got into...
