On faith, prayer, and the quiet journey of the spiritual life.
There is a man sitting by the road. He has sat there every day of his life, in the same darkness, holding out the same hands. He does not know what a sunrise looks like, or the face of his mother, or the color of water. He is defined by his lack. The world passes him by, and the most the religio...
Read reflectionThere is something deeply uncomfortable about the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. Not because the story is hard to understand — it is, in fact, one of Jesus's most transparent parables — but because if ...
Read more →There is a particular kind of courage in asking a sincere question in the middle of a debate. While the scribes and Pharisees were pressing Jesus with traps and trick questions, one scribe stepped forward with someth...
Read more →There is a moment in today's Gospel that deserves to stop us in our tracks. A man who has been unable to speak — silenced, perhaps for years, imprisoned in a world without the gift of language — is set free. The demo...
Read more →There is a question that runs quietly beneath the surface of the Christian life, one that every serious disciple eventually confronts: What do we do with the Law? Not just the laws of our nation or culture, but the a...
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