To Dare to Imagine Again: Pope Francis and Thomas Merton
Author’s Note: Today is the 52nd anniversary of the death of Thomas Merton, or better, his Second Birth, into new life 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 …
Swords into Plowshares: Daring to Speak the Impossible
Hope must be told, in image, in figure, in poem, in vision. It must be told sideways, told as one who dwells …
The Meaning of Sanity in an Insane World
In 1961, Adolf Eichmann, a lieutenant colonel in the Nazi party and one of the premier architects of Hitler’s Final Solution, was …
A Dream of Life: Springsteen and 9/11
So much has been said and written about the events of September 11, 2001 — perhaps too many words, and too little …
As American as Apple Pie: After Charlottesville
“The hate being spewed in Virginia has no place in this country. It’s deeply disturbing and un-American. I’m praying for those hurt …
“The Weight of the World is Love”
I have been struggling of late to match pen to paper, fingers to keyboard, mind to reality, amid a political crisis in …
E Pluribus Unum: Your Life Matters
“45 murders already, 204 people have been shot in January of 2017. Something has to be done. I know we are living …
Sanctuary: Or How I Shook My Post-Election Blues in New York City
“Sanctuary”: Middle English, derived from Old French sanctuaire, from Latin sanctuarium, from sanctus, or “holy.” a. the inmost recess or holiest part …
Black Suffering / White Revelation
Ten years ago, I published a major article in Theological Studies entitled “`Strange Fruit’: Black Suffering / White Revelation.” It was for …
