What is hiding behind the flag of 'moral decency'?
The Hungry Spirit
Rose Marie Berger 4-01-2004
'His grave is out past the cedar tree," says the woman in the abbey gift shop. It is an icy Monday morning on the back roads of Kentucky's bluegrass country.
Rose Marie Berger 2-01-2004
When I want to see live gospel stories, I go to the Amoco station at 14th and Euclid in my Washington, D.C. neighborhood.
Rose Marie Berger 1-01-2004
I need an incarnation more powerful than the hell of the daily headlines.
Rose Marie Berger 11-01-2003
Image: Scorpions and Centaurs / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
"Do you believe in hell?" a friend asked.
Rose Marie Berger 9-01-2003
Holy leisure and radical hospitality are necessary components for surviving the vicissitudes of empire.
Rose Marie Berger 3-01-2003
What follows is an imprecise, and likely inaccurate, interpretation of the prologue to the gospel of Mark.
Rose Marie Berger 1-01-2003
At the corner of 14th and Euclid Streets NW in Washington, D.C., many evenings at sunset, the Domino's deliveryman kneels down to pray.
Rose Marie Berger 9-01-2002
At Wimbledon in 2002, tennis great Serena Williams was asked how it felt to be number one in the world.
Rose Marie Berger 7-01-2002
Here are answers to some of the Frequently Asked Questions about traveling on the Jesus Road.
1. Who else will be going with us?
Well, some guy from the IRS signed up. A couple of machinists (one's even non-union). There are some middle-aged women who knew how to buy low and sell high, kicking in a little cash for the trip. A girl in the sex trade business who might bring a couple of her friends who are exotic dancers. A few 20-something anarchists who want to yank the hinge pin out of the whole damn Pax America project. A soccer mom. One guy who identifies himself as a "pretty much reformed" sex offender. A Gulf war vet. A minister or two who will hook up after their evening church meetings are done. We'll most likely pick up more folks as we go along.
2. What do I need to bring?
It's pretty much a come-as-you-are arrangement. Good walking shoes. Maybe a water bottle. We're not sure how far we're going so it's best to pack light. We can get what we need along the way.
3. What will we talk about?
What things make you happy. Who you love. Who you hate. Why cities are so tall. What to do when so many people come to the picnic that you run out of food. How to be a good person. What to do when your friends leave you high and dry. How to fight for what's right without using your fists. Who God is. How to deal with a bad boss. How to tell the difference between a phony bill of goods and the genuine article. How to mourn. How to get rid of money so it doesn't weigh you down. How to pray. How to forgive. Why people are poor. How to die. How to live.
Rose Marie Berger 5-01-2002
In Boston, more Catholic priests made the news as serial pedophiles. In California, two pastors got 4 million hits in a week on their Web site for people addicted to pornography.
Rose Marie Berger 3-01-2002
Comparing Hasidic and Christian spirituality, a rabbi once said, "There is no joy in Christianity."
Rose Marie Berger 11-01-2001
This is to all who serve on the human front, wearing any mask that will get you home. A word: While we are all dying to get out, there is one who died to get in.