To love and be loved
Whenever I groan within myself and think how hard it is to keep writing about love in these times of tension and strife, which…
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Some vision of the good life
To be human is to be animated and oriented by some vision of the good life, some picture of what we think counts as…
Read MoreTenderness
Tenderness is the path of choice for the strongest, most courageous men and women. Tenderness is not weakness; it is fortitude. It is the…
Read MoreCoincidence into consistency
What convinces masses are not facts, and not even invented facts, but only the consistency of the system of which they are presumably a…
Read MorePredictions come true
The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. The assumption of infallibility, moreover, is based…
Read MoreCausality and responsibility
In our modern world the fascination of violence has become, through TV, magazines, movies, radio, etc., almost irresistible. There is now so much free-floating…
Read MoreEvery word and every deed
The thought of God’s life flowing through us is a lofty one…. It is as we serve our neighbors—our family, friends, and acquaintances—that the…
Read MoreAcknowledge privilege
To acknowledge privilege is the first step in making it available for wider use. Each of us is blessed in some particular way, whether…
Read MoreFragile snowflakes
It’s become almost fashionable in this cold, hard world that we find ourselves in to denigrate those of us who speak out for compassion,…
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What word to bring for Easter?
On my way to church Sunday, I heard an NPR story about a ministry to homeless youth in Seattle. The tables are set once…
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