TUESDAY NOVEMBER 10 -- We are brother and sister.An affirmation of Mother Teresa’s reminder, “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”Yes. My humanity is bound up in yours—Ubuntu. Ubuntu does…
This week we take to heart Mother Teresa’s reminder, “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”Well, if we do belong to one other, then “they”—the “least of these” and those…
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 3 -- “Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul…
In the town of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, there is a church named Lagniappe (“lan-yap”). It is an old Creole word that means “something extra”.Pastor Jean Larroux explains, “Down here if you go into a seafood shop and order a…
TUESDAY OCTOBER 27 -- Empathy matters.Compassion matters.And community backbone matters.“Human history is a history not only of cruelty,” Howard Zinn reminds us, “but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to…
In a world where power, and dominance, hold sway, where the vulnerable and disadvantaged, and soft-hearted, are denigrated, and vilified, there are some days while reading the stories, I need to stop, let the tears fall, and pick up the…
TUESDAY OCTOBER 20 -- What does it mean for us to embrace the invitation to participate—and invest—in this life. To bring all that I am to the table of this moment—the sacrament of the present.To invest my heart.To be a…
I am so grateful for the power of pilgrimage. The healing and restorative gift of the journey (the lessons we absorb along the way, as we pay attention like never before, and yes, the health benefits for a middle-age—okay, upper…
TUESDAY OCTOBER 13 -- Two men visiting Hong Kong, noticed the ubiquity of street vendors, all pushing their carts along, pell-mell, in and out of traffic. Attempting to gain the attention of any potential customer, the vendors would shout repeatedly,…
A soldier's young daughter (her father in the process of being transferred and moved to a distant post) sits on the floor in an airport departure lounge, among her family's meager and ragtag belongings. Sleepy, the girl leans against the…