Culture Watch
Maryknoll Father Ron Hennessey was courageous, open to life, funny, welcoming, wise, a brilliant political strategist and holy - very holy. Simply put, he was one of the best human beings I have ever known. He survived years of extremely dangerous mission
As shareholders in Gods eternal story, we commune with a creating God and are drawn into fellowship with a global community. Our stories become shared experiences.
The number of executions in the United States has decreased in recent years, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, as has citizen support for capital punishment. A major reason is the increasing concern that innocent people may be sentenced to
Many people of faith sense that these are trying times. But some are recklessly hopeful enough to believe that Gods Spirit may be breaking in on our society in ways both new and ancient.
In Lewis Hydes masterpiece The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property, he writes, "A market exchange has an equilibrium or stasis: you pay to balance the scale. But when you give a gift there is momentum, and the weight shifts from body to body."
Noreena Hertz is an economist whose writing is not only clear - its often lively. Hallelujah!