“Killed Just for Living in Your American Skin”
Author’s Note: It has long been my conviction that artists have a unique and potentially transformative role in bending the long “arc …
Hope Sings at Seven Years: A Resource for Deep Listening, Self-Reflection, and Action
When my book Hope Sings, So Beautiful was published in 2013, it felt a little like I was singing — or perhaps …
God Bless the Children: Earth Day 2020
Author’s Note: the following post was first published a year ago but has been emended to reflect the present reality on this …
Live-Streaming Grace (or Dispatches from Homeschooling Abyss)
“Children, have you caught anything to eat?”They answered him, “No.”So Jesus said to them, “Cast the net over the right side of …
Isolation and Presence in the Midst of the Covid-19 Crisis
“Whether you understand it or not, God loves you, is present in you, lives in you, dwells in you, calls you, saves …
Farewell to Kings: An Homage to Drummer Neil Peart
Editor’s Note: I’m pleased to share the following guest post by a friend and colleague I met through the International Thomas Merton …
Like Lightning from Heaven
“In our world today there are some prophets like John the baptizer, who are spectacular. They prepare our hearts to see Jesus. …
Love in the Fullness of Time
The Nativity celebrates something much more beautiful and complex than the Child Jesus. Like the rim of light surrounding the sun in …
Unbinding Isaac: Musings on the Eve of My 55th Birthday
Everyday I kill Isaac — my beautiful dream about a silent, solitary, well-ordered life of perfect contemplation and perfect monastic observation with …
“Strange Fruit”: The True Visage of Lynching
Dear Hope Sings readers, thank you for your patience during my long hiatus from writing for this blog, mainly due to technical …
