by Chuck Summers | Jun 30, 2020 | Opinion
Earth is the original spiritual director. That was one of the particularly intriguing discussions found in the book, “Earth, Our Original Monastery” by Christine Valters Paintner. In this delightful book with the subtitle “Cultivating Wonder and Gratitude through...
by Mitch Carnell | Jun 23, 2020 | Opinion
The triple effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, the heightened racial unrest and the economic meltdown have converged to make the words we use more impactful than we sometimes realize. Our words have the power to calm an explosive situation so reason may take hold, or our...
by Rebecca Shenton | Jun 12, 2020 | Opinion
If the COVID-19 pandemic represents a penitential season, how might we observe it? We begin with humility, recognizing we are in circumstances we don’t understand. We don’t know how many people will die or what long-term effects the virus will have on our families,...
by Rebecca Shenton | Jun 11, 2020 | Opinion
Before the pandemic, it was really nice to believe in the myths of progress and human goodness – that technology promised us a better life and we could make the world a better place by paying for the person behind us at the drive-through. Such beliefs allowed us to...
by Rob Sellers | Jun 4, 2020 | Opinion
“I can’t breathe.” These words have become agonizingly well-known in recent days. They were familiar to Jesus also because he frequently encountered people whose experience of isolation, hopelessness, marginalization and pain forced the breath out of their lungs....
