This past week I took my son and daughter to see Gary Clark Jr., a blues guitarist from Austin Texas. The timing was fitting, it

Quo Vadis promo still, 1951 I’m on the road again and so have to write this the day before the midterm elections even though it

Election Day 2016 was a 27 hour day for me. I spent most of the day in the air and in airports. I was traveling

As the schedule would have it, election day in the U.S. coincides with my turn here on The Twelve.  I spent a long while Monday

As I hear the partisan language connected to the midterm elections, I cannot help but reflect on how we got here. It may be difficult

In his book, Rising Out of Hatred, Eli Saslow documents the journey of Derek Black, and how this prominent white supremacist and leader of the

I am Robert Bowers. I do not have enough. I do not have enough money or love or acceptance. I do not have enough social

  The monument to the doge Giovanni Pesaro, in this church, is a curiosity in the way of mortuary adornment. It is eighty feet high

One of my favorite hymns is “For All the Saints.” I keep hoping a family planning a funeral will select it, but I’ve been a