Transform our suffering
Our responsibility as humans is to transform our suffering in order to transform the suffering of those around us. Thich Nhat Hanh Creating True…
Read MoreOur responsibility as humans is to transform our suffering in order to transform the suffering of those around us. Thich Nhat Hanh Creating True…
Read Moree live in two worlds, writes Minnesota poet Tom Hennen. The first includes “airplanes and power plants, all the machinery that surrounds us, the…
Read MoreOptimists may be willing to believe in the promise, perennially made to inner-city residents by promoters of development, that a community of racially mixed…
Read Morefor Kilian McDonnell, OSB This gentle hill heaves, pushing up crenellations— those markers of surrendered life secured even in death. A phalanx of gray…
Read MoreWhat is the task before us? It is as large as life itself, and remains so even when times of crisis or war narrow…
Read Moreary Lee came to visit this spring. Possessed of an impressive set of teeth and a wandering spirit, she just showed up one day…
Read MoreI feel absolutely confident that the biblical understanding of “economic equality,” or equity, demands at least this: God wants every person, or family, to…
Read MoreI have always been told growing up to keep my emotions inside. Crying was a weakness. Being loyal to my Father was my first…
Read MoreThe world would be better off if people tried to become better, and people would become better if they stopped trying to become better…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. This essay, published in 2011, has always stuck with me….
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