Acts of Hope

The season of Advent began today, Sunday November 27, in the Western Christian liturgical calendar. Here's a meditation for those of you...

The short essay below was published online yesterday (Sunday, March 1) as part of the Intent series of daily Lenten meditations. (Copyright...

Do you have an Advent wreath? Do you light Advent candles? Did you light the first candle tonight? Will you wait for tomorrow? This is ...

An excellent resource for both religious and not-so-religious folks in many fields of endeavor, world-wide: Globethics.com , the Global Eth...

This is a country whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere. You do not find it by traveling but by standing still. Yet ...

In light of recent events and less recent ones, some students at Guilford College, where I teach, organized a gathering for reflection and m...

The link to this map doesn't work, but I saved the image as a jpg. I am linking a Facebook post to this since the link is cranky and ref...

Lord, it is night. The night is for stillness. ** Let us be still in the presence of God. It is night after a long day. ** What has been don...

From Tillie Olsen's Silences (New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1978). In case it is not obvious, italics in black are my w...