Friday is my day off. I sat quietly this morning, just breathing, listening, paying attention to my soul. No music. No reading. No journaling. Just eyes closed, sitting quietly, paying attention. Here is what I noticed: My mind and my soul were running fast, skittering from one thought to the next, each new thought spurring […]

Some simple, profound words of wisdom today ... "I found one of my best teachers on the boardwalk at Coney Island many years ago. It was December, and I was doing a story about how the homeless suffer in the winter months. He and I sat on the edge of the wooden supports, dangling our […]

“Jesus is just as loyal to the suffering of Iraqi and Russian soldiers as he is to the suffering of American and British soldiers. He grabs all our boundaries away from us, and suddenly we are forced to see that we are a universal people. Most people do not like that being exposed and shared. […]

"The greatest sorrow and burden you can lay on the Father, the greatest unkindness ... is not to believe that He loves you." (John Owen)

"Every age has its massive moral blind spots. We might not see them, but our children will." (Bono)

"A sign hangs on the wall in a New Monastic Christian community house: 'Everyone wants a revolution. No one wants to do the dishes.' I was, and remain, a Christian who longs for revolution, for things to be made new and whole in beautiful and big ways. But what I am slowly seeing is that […]