This semester, I’ve been teaching my beloved Dante again as I prepare with my students to go on our own pilgrimage to Italy. Monday night

In that moment, something unsettling settled in my chest. I began to wonder: Is there something wrong with me?

Since the guards “shook and became like dead men,” our risen Lord could have walked right past them without a problem, and it would be

Feeling that sense of wonder is a great way to find respite and renewal from the stress of life and our current moment.

The truth is that the Judean leaders and Roman officers who connived in Our Lord’s death were not especially vicious and no worse than anyone

Like Peter, we are invited to start our service from a place of our own need. Before Peter can offer anything to others, he needs

There is no better way to approach God than with a limp. And I am limping. My wife got me dressed that Sunday morning. One

So maybe the question isn’t whether blame has a place. Maybe it does. Maybe there are truths that need to be said plainly, without softening.

I think of it as my “radiation psalm.” I took it with me every time I went in for a radiation treatment—reciting it in my

It is absolutely one of my favorite places on the face of this planet. Although it has been protected since the early 1900s, it is