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

A question is posed. The body prepares to defend. Instincts kick in without permission. It does not distinguish between being chased by a dog or

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

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