The Terrible Beauty and Power of Language
If you love the written and spoken word, and haven’t yet seen “The Book Thief,” director Brian Percival’s adaptation of the best-selling …
What Makes a Classic?
Long before I had any direct encounters with peoples of different racial and ethnic backgrounds, music was my doorway to worlds otherwise …
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. …
Integration: A Work in Progress
In a powerful NPR retrospective that aired this week from Little Rock, Arkansas, interviews with high school teenagers, teachers, and community leaders …
Water, Hypocrisy, and Hope in West Virginia
The truth of Appalachia is judgment upon us all.1 Penned in 1995, the pastoral letter At Home in the Web of Life …
Hope Sings, So Beautiful: Epiphany
Every year I am caught by surprise when I see the morning star around this time of the year and remember we …
The Christ Child is Born, Another Black Child is Dead
Yes, my title is provocative, but not gratuitously so. If you call yourself a Christian, it seems to me, you cannot ignore …
Theotokos: The Christ Taking Birth Forever
Like Mary, says St. John of the Cross, “each of us is the midwife of God, each of us.” What would it …
