Are you a Charlie Brown or a Lucy?
Scripture
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
From the academy, books that think (and a few that sell)
Very few professors become best-selling authors, but it happens.
Posted inFaith, Video
What does the Bible say about welcoming refugees and migrants?
What does the Bible say about helping refugees, migrants and foreigners? James Martin, S.J., explains that it’s pretty clear.
Posted inFaith, The Word
I Tell You: Do Not Worry!
He pours gifts on his beloved while they slumber. (Ps 127:2)
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Art doesn’t change the world. So why escape to the movies?
Even if “downtown” only stretched a block, most whistle-stops on the American prairie took great pride in their theaters, their dream palaces. Back in the last century, they would have been the only place a person raised in the heartland would have seen the ocean or a skyscraper, or seen someone like Rhett Butler kiss […]
Posted inFaith, The Word
The Freedom of the Father’s Children
Be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy. (Lv 19:2)
Posted inFaith
What Mother Teresa wouldn’t do for a million dollars
Christ and his saints have a different way of calculating a thing’s worth
Posted inFaith, Interviews
A closer look at Luke’s Gospel of mercy
Consider this: only Luke tells us the story of the Prodigal Son, the Good Samaritan and the Good Thief.
Posted inFaith, The Word
God’s Perfect Instructions
Open my eyes, that I may consider the wonders of your law! (Ps 119:18)
Posted inFaith
The beatitudes: God’s daily tweets, sent straight to you
Rather than beg God to speak to us, we should ask God to help us to hear what God has already said in Jesus.