The most courageous thing we will ever do is to bear humbly the mystery of our own reality, to trust our divine image and grow in God’s likeness. It is […]

It was Christmas Eve 1945. I was 9 years old. Truth be told, it was a dark time for a child. My stepfather—“a good man when he wasn’t drinking,” my […]

This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them […]

From Facebook to the Kin-dom of God Facebook is worried that Facebook may be bad for you.  Well, kinda. In a corporate blog (Dec. 15), Facebook addresses the question, “Is […]

Why do you stay “hooked” on concerns that would disappear in an instant if you knew you were going to die tomorrow? Knowing that you will “die tomorrow” — whether […]

      Jean Vanier – Daily Thought       Friday 24 November 2017      “A community cannot remain static. It is not an end in itself. It […]

Black and white photos can play tricks and keep you from the truth. The people in the photos have not changed. They remain, they are no different: young and beautiful, […]

Many women, perhaps dreaming as a girl about “What I’ll be when I grow up,” had a moment where, they believe, God opened a door and called them to a […]

The 500th anniversary of the legendary date of the outbreak of the Reformation is October 31, 1517. “Since marriage and the married estate are worldly matters, it behooves us pastors […]