Despite biblical stories of holy wars, populations decimated, and heads served on platters, the community of faith to which I belonged seemed to take it
Beginning in the nineteenth century, another very different wave of Americans swept into the region. Christian missionaries brought a very different message to the Muslim
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?
The thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty forever beyond
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
