We lay off teachers and nurses while we hire for prisons, casinos, and fracking. This is progress? At least once a week in my daily newspaper I see a full page...
The Examined Life
Discover The Examined Life columns, highlighting the intersections between contemplation, lived faith, and social justice in daily life.
Pope Francis’ generous approach to atheists got the world talking—and we should be glad it did. One of the pleasures of Pope Francis’ honeymoon period as...
Oscar Romero, now back on the path to sainthood, was called to conversion by ordinary Salvadorans. Among the welcome news coming on the heels of Pope Francis’...
There has been a death in my family—two actually, or 60,000, depending on how you count. To be specific, neither of my two beehives survived the winter of...
Will Pope Francis listen to voices calling for change in the church? Media coverage of the election of Pope Francis has returned over and over to his humility...
Pope Benedict’s final act may be one of his best gifts to the church. So were you shocked, just shocked, when Pope Benedict XVI resigned back in February...
The religious landscape is shifting. Don’t hunker down—get creative. It was a story that could have appeared in any city newspaper: Historic old church faces...
Of all the body parts I didn’t expect my busted knee to affect, it was my eyes. But I’m here to tell you that the first thing that changes when you’re hobbling...
When tragedy hits, think twice before claiming what God intended. Of the many issues that drove last November’s election, few might have guessed that “God’s...
Moving a bishop should be more than an ecclesiastical game of chess. Climbing the corporate ladder in our business-driven culture is generally applauded. Who...
