Passion births life-long union
There is a song which has been following me lately. Everywhere I go it is playing – at the coffee shop, the radio throughout the day – and it is […]
Tag Archives: love
Love Says It All
God is love. The rest, I’m discovering, is largely politics. God is love, says the Left: tolerant, egalitarian, speaking truth to power, embracing the poor. God is love, says the Right: father, friend, […]
Christ Have Mercy
A while back I was talking over coffee with a young man who had spent several months studying primate social behaviour in Africa. I asked him what, if anything, had […]
Why Does God Allow So Much Evil in the World?
I don’t know. That’s the bottom line, so let’s just face it now. I don’t know. And, so far as my research has taken me, nobody else does, either. But […]
Digging Deeper into Ordinary Time
In one of my favorite books, The Beloved Community, Charles Marsh examines the spirituality of the American civil rights movement. He suggests in particular that a simple notion of just being still […]
Mirror Image
“Please help. Who am I?” Tomorrow I’m catching up with Sarah, and I care so much about her. If it plays out as it has every other time we’ve conversed […]
“You have to learn how to die”
How can one fight to produce peace? How can one win a war without causing more wars in the future? These questions hit me, as funny as it may be, […]
Tell me: What is the Meaning of Life?
“Would you be interested in coming to give a short talk to a group of high school/university students?” The question came a while back and, as is my customary practice, I […]
Was it a good time to get married?
It is not that we do not know about commitment anymore. Instead, other commitments have taken the place of marriage. They come with their own limitations and burdens.
A Note to Obama Before He Bombs Syria…
How do we stop cycles of vengeance and violence? How can international powers intervene effectively in a brutal civil war like Syria’s? What can we say to someone who has […]
Wondering Fair 