Without the innkeeper, the parable of the Good Samaritan falls apart and the good deed falls short.
Eric Clayton
Eric Clayton is the author of Finding Peace Here and Now: How Ignatian Spirituality Leads Us to Healing and Wholeness and My Life with the Jedi: The Spirituality of Star Wars. Follow his writing at ericclayton.substack.com.
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‘Skeleton Crew’ brings child-like wonder to the Star Wars universe
The story is as fun as it is simple, weaving together spacefaring pirates, planets with hidden treasure and nods to 1980s classics like “The Goonies.”
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‘The Acolyte’ shows us the dark side of the Jedi Order—and it should look familiar to Catholics
“The Acolyte,” the latest installment in the “Star Wars” franchise, shows us what happens when even the best of us cozy up to power.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Looking for hope in the rice paddies: lessons from my time in Vietnam
Defeating the lie that tells us we cannot truly help the poor
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We don’t need to ask God for signs—they’re already all around us
God is in all things. But in moments of pain and tragedy, we want that extra wink, that hand of comfort.
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The Temptation of Spiritual Whataboutism
Just because others have it worse than I do doesn’t mean I should avoid my struggles.
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May the Fourth be with you: Star Wars Day is about love
This is the point of Star Wars Day. (And May the Fourth be with you.)