Accepting the gift of our life reveals a powerful truth: the antidote to poverty is not wealth. It is generosity.
Posts in Spirituality
It’s… A Russian Development
Joe Simmons admits his undying love of Arrested Development and The Brothers Karamazov… and of Helen Rittelmeyer who first brought them together.
“Who Do You Say That I Am?”
Never intimidated by the impossible, Brendan Busse asks both the religious and secular some questions about how we talk with one another.
The God of Death, Too
The next day, Fr. Yan and I returned to the bamboo hut. Inside we found a muslin blanket covering a tiny body that had been moving, wheezing, living, just hours before. The weight of it settled on me…
What I Got For Christmas
“I’m deeply aware that in the days between Thanksgiving and Christmas we live between two questions: ‘What do you want?’ and ‘What did you get’? …”
No Room at the Inn for Grown Ups
“Amidst a national tragedy, and the pressures surrounding Christmas, an innocent child tugs at our jacket…”
This American Life, or Did Video Kill the Radio Star?
“In the end, I suppose thinking of God as a DJ isn’t the worst metaphor out there. Imagine him bent over a mixing board holding one headphone to his eternal ear, taking the tracks of history and mixing them up…”
Responding to Senselessness Redux: Damn This
“Whatever madness, or rage, or illness, or who knows what was the cause of this, damn it, God. Literally, God: damn it. Declare it accursed. Banish it. Abolish it.”
Rearranging the Furniture for Advent
Just when the cold and dark arrives Advent steps in and says: don’t despair. New life is coming. Make space for it by moving the furniture a bit, and wait attentively.
Listen Here. Write Now.
“We don’t listen enough. We tweet. We post. We like. We share. We recommend. We promote. We rave. We rant. …Connected we may be, but attentive we are not. This is not good.”