Recently, I decided it was time to clear out my email inbox. As I was sorting through old messages, I came across one that I was surprised yet grateful I had missed. Although no longer directly ...

“I understood that to become a saint one had to suffer much, seek out always the most perfect thing to do, and forget self... I do not want to be a saint by halves. I'm not afraid to suffer for You. I ...

America’s newest foray into a Middle Eastern war has me reflecting on what the scholar Walter Wink once described as the “Myth of Redemptive Violence.” That is the belief that “violence saves, that ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis met with a cancer association at the Vatican on Friday and shared a reflection on how there is power and meaning in human suffering when it is united to Christ. “If one ...

"You have been veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive." -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have a Dream" speech How appropriate it is to ...

The Peaceable Kingdom. In 1834, a Quaker called Edward Hicks painted a scene of lions, cheetahs, cattle, goats, a bear, some lambs and three languorous children, all sprawled on the edge of a forest.

On a Sunday in early 2018, I stepped into the pulpit knowing I was taking a serious and potentially costly risk. I was about to share a deeply personal story of my weakness and failure yet a story of ...