Grassroots Remembering and Narrative Building in El Salvador
When Jean-François Lyotard wrote The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge, he indicated that a primary distinguishing characteristic of postmodernity has been …
“Will I Be Next?”
“In October 2012, 8-year-old Nabeela ventured out with her 68-year-old grandmother Mamana Bibi to do daily chores in their family’s large, open …
Singing the Forgotten Mother Tongue
This semester I’m teaching a new course called “The Black Catholic Experience.” One of my students in the class, Jon, plays jazz …
Only Skin Deep?
The past Sunday’s reading from the Hebrew Bible recounts the story of Elisha, a Hebrew prophet from Samaria, and Naaman, a great …
The Concrete God: Living, Breathing, and Loving
The Pope’s recent interview with America magazine has been haunting my evening thoughts and invading my daily prayer. The following passage I …
Undocumented: Between Silence and Speech (Part II)
In a recent blog post, “Legs That Breathe Snake Venom: On Silence and Speech,” I reflected on the experience of driving through …
