My dear spouse would aim not only for the hoops, but for other players’ balls. He’d strategize how to knock out other players so that

Phrases from hymns and verses from scripture light up my brain. I feel a crazy love for the sunrise. I feel my mother’s presence with

Today I share some of my favorite photos from our walk to Santiago de Compostela, clustered around the words of the 23rd psalm.

Yesterday, I began teaching Sophocles’ tragedy Antigone in an introductory literature course. If you’re expecting Thanksgiving dinner at your house will be war, I told

Last week I had the opportunity to speak on a faculty panel to our university’s Board of Trustees. Our topic: shared governance. Perhaps your eyes

“The whole human race, without exception, are to be embraced with one feel of charity.”

“Grandma, you know I love math and numbers. I like proofs and formulas and statistics. That does not fit with faith. It isn’t necessary and

Kids come to us, asking us for good things. And when we give it to them, we remember how it feels to give good things

I was right on top of her, taking down the platform feeder, when I finally noticed the tiny chickadee struggling frantically. She was caught in