People with Down syndrome can accomplish amazing things, but the dignity of the human person is not contingent on measurable achievements.
Spirituality
Posted inFaith, Features
The value of public penance in the age of clerical abuse, mass incarceration and #MeToo
Where can someone who sincerely wants to repent and atone find guidance or models for apologizing well?
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: How we can imagine Jesus in his own culture
Jerome Neyrey’s new book displays the many ways in which Jesus was not only “like us in all things” but also definitely a person incarnated in his own culture.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
How gospel music helped me find my Catholic identity
My relationship with gospel music was forged not just on those Sunday mornings at home with Jackson and in church with my family but also on late nights in the backseat of a 1962 Chevy Bel Air sedan.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
The Spiritual Case Against the Mobile Office
In the age of “Hot Desks” and “Hoteling,” we need to look to Jesus, the great sitter.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What’s the deal with Ignatian yoga? A skeptical Jesuit finds out.
People love yoga. People love the spirituality of St. Ignatius Loyola. Mash the two together, and you have created a nice, marketable concept that can sweep a bundle of folks into the arms of the Lord and/or the Society of Jesus.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Joseph A. Tetlow, S.J.: Mature Catholics are thirsting for spiritual help.
“Discernment is living aware of the constant interplay in energy and among head, heart and hands.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Mary Oliver, our devotional poet
When the poet Mary Oliver died last week at the age of 83, my social media feeds blossomed into a field of tributes. I was a bit surprised, especially by the posts from some academic poets, because Mary Oliver’s work is simple (at first glance), accessible and bestselling, the antithesis of much poetry written by […]
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Could drugs be a pathway to God?
Psychedelics can blur the line between science and spirituality—but Christian mysticism cannot be studied.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Why we need both God and medicine to overcome trauma
I have found that praying 15 minutes every day is an important form of self-care.