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In our first reading, I am stricken by the Lord’s posture. “The Lord remained standing before Abraham,” despite Abraham’s pleading. It...

How long did it take Mary to run to the disciples? Did she walk? What was going through her mind the whole time? I wonder if the shock of...

As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him.  She had a sister...

My family’s trip through the South Dakota Badlands and Yellowstone National Park was the first experience I had of not  being proud to be...

I facilitate Urban Plunge Immersion Retreats. During these retreats students learn about, serve, and hopefully encounter in small...

Jesus’ instructions to his disciples in today’s gospel strikes right at my anxiety. He tells them to go forth, “carry no money bag, no...

The United States Declaration of Independence celebrates its 249th birthday today. Each time I examine this document with my American...

Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul – two men to whom God entrusted large parts of the early Church, and...

Growing up in my family, we had a special traditions around yearly birthday celebrations. The birthday person got to pick what they...

Come, Holy Spirit! Today we celebrate the solemnity of Pentecost. In the readings today, we hear about the apostles receiving the Holy...

I keep thinking of the moment when Jesus tells the disciples that they don’t need to know the times or the seasons for when God does...

Today’s gospel reading shows Mary’s traveling “in haste” to Judea to see her cousin, Elizabeth. I love that detail. I picture Mary, so...

Without in the least trivializing the splendid readings for this last Sunday of the Easter season, let me share that decades ago, I began...

What would you do for your friends and the people you love? My guess would be that you would do anything for the people you love....

I love this time after Lent, when we get the readings of the apostles, and we hear the ways that the mission of Jesus was being spread...

Over sub sandwiches in a small town in Ohio while on a work trip, I sat with a coworker watching and waiting, eyes fixed on St. Peter’s...

When Pope John XXIII called for the Second Vatican Council, his main goal was to bring the Church up to date by opening its doors to the...

Dear Cardinals, Our Global Church shares the sadness in mourning the loss of Pope Francis. This is not just a loss for all of you, but...

Dear Cardinals,     How presumptuous of me to be writing to you!  Your mourning and level of work in anticipation of the Conclave must be...

There have been many happenings in my personal life over the past eight months that, before they occurred, I would have said were...