From one of the most influential religious and social leaders of our time.
Something worth suffering for
Lent is not about masochism. It is about being willing to suffer for something worth suffering for, as Jesus did, without allowing ourselves to be destroyed by it.
Something worth suffering for
Lent is not about masochism. It is about being willing to suffer for something worth suffering for, as Jesus did, without allowing ourselves to be destroyed by it.
A walk into the dark
The spiritual life does not come cheap. It is not a stroll down a Mary Poppins path with a candy-store God who gives sweets and miracles. It is a walk...
A walk into the dark
The spiritual life does not come cheap. It is not a stroll down a Mary Poppins path with a candy-store God who gives sweets and miracles. It is a walk...
It Takes Vision
It is so easy to make God to our own image and likeness. It is so easy to see only the images we make of the Unimaginable, to the exclusion...
It Takes Vision
It is so easy to make God to our own image and likeness. It is so easy to see only the images we make of the Unimaginable, to the exclusion...
Happy Valentine’s Day
Ananda, the beloved disciple of the Buddha, once asked his teacher about the place of friendship in the spiritual journey. “Master, is friendship half of the spiritual life?”
Happy Valentine’s Day
Ananda, the beloved disciple of the Buddha, once asked his teacher about the place of friendship in the spiritual journey. “Master, is friendship half of the spiritual life?”
When begging is useless
Somewhere in life, we find ourselves facing walls that will not move. We have a child who needs special care now—and will need special care all their lives.
When begging is useless
Somewhere in life, we find ourselves facing walls that will not move. We have a child who needs special care now—and will need special care all their lives.
The martial art of the soul
“Remember, Joan, you can’t ever really run away from anything,” my mother taught me. “In the end, you only take yourself with you.”
The martial art of the soul
“Remember, Joan, you can’t ever really run away from anything,” my mother taught me. “In the end, you only take yourself with you.”