An Unsettling Horizon: A Father’s 9/11 Prayer
As we approach the 15th anniversary of 9/11, I’d like to share an essay just published in America magazine, and linked here: …
Law and Order to Cure Disorder
One of my earliest memories from childhood of political life in America is of the Watergate trial, and the images on TV …
This is not a new normal
In case you haven’t heard, over the past two days, two more young black men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, were killed …
Fr. Daniel Berrigan: RIP
Editor’s Note: Fr. Dan Berrigan died today. I met him once in Denver, and will never forget the gentleness and prophetic clarity …
Jesuit Education and the Bursting of Soap Bubbles
The widespread failure of our criminal justice system to secure the principle that black lives matter no less than white lives is …
The New Normal
“It’s almost impossible to hold officers accountable, barring incredible circumstances. The public just accepts that this is what police had to do.” …
On Anti-Muslim Sentiment in America
We, as Christian theologians in the public sphere, stand together in solidarity with Muslims in the United States in support of all …
Am I My Brother’s Keeper? The Case of Tariq Ba Odah
A small item in the local Cape Times newspaper took me back to reading an update about Tariq Ba Odah, a 36- …
Hope Rings, So Defiant (and Climbs a Flagpole)
Sometimes, indeed, a picture tells a thousand words. Or, in this case, several pictures – which add up, in my book, to …
How Do I Love the Earth? With Heart and Soul and Body and Mind
How must we love the Lord our God? How must we love our selves and one another, each of us bodily crafted, …
