A Miracle in Sonoma?
Sometimes, when we talk less, it’s amazing what we hear. One highlight of my trip to San Francisco last month (to promote the book) was the chance to take part in “5 White Guys Talk [...]
Sometimes, when we talk less, it’s amazing what we hear. One highlight of my trip to San Francisco last month (to promote the book) was the chance to take part in “5 White Guys Talk [...]
Very few articles linger in my memory for longer than a few days. Valerie Tarico’s article on religion and the Internet is one of them. I’ve rarely read anything about which I feel more ambivalent. [...]
“How shall we sing the Lord’s song on alien soil?” —Psalm 137:4 This haunting question—asked by the psalmist after the people of Israel had been swept into captivity, hundreds of miles from home—formed the theme [...]
How many conservatives read Mother Jones? How many progressives ever tune into FOX News? If Michael Kitchens’ research is any indication, the answer to both questions is: not many. An assistant professor of psychology at [...]
How do we know when our language needs a makeover? One great thing about writing for the web is that it starts conversations with extraordinary people. Two months ago, Kathleen Turcic commented on an article [...]
On Tuesday evenings, several of us in the local chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society get together for prayer, including the ancient monastic rite of Compline. Because of the liturgy we use for Compline, [...]
Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus before—and who was one of the Pharisees—asked, “Our law does not judge people without first giving them a hearing to find out what they are doing, does it?” The [...]