The call of a remnant prairie
I’ve seen artists enchanted and haunted by the prairie, their work changed by spending time in the grasses.
Defending dignity at the National Cathedral
“We’re constantly saying what we’re against,” says Martin Dickinson, a lay leader at the cathedral’s sanctuary ministry, “and that’s necessary. But what are we for? Migration with Dignity gives us a framework.”
My word for 2024 was monasticism
One highlight of the year was a busy week in a cabin with three friends and a dog.
Vegetables that are fearfully and wonderfully made
My friend left me his CSA share for two weeks. It changed the way I look at labor.
Feeling God in a modernist cathedral-in-progress
While other churches have filled me with wonder, Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia brought tears to my eyes.
Movement of the soul
Justin Peck’s choreography takes the language of ballet and turns it into something more.
Caught up in the sweep of history
When I am troubled by the times in which we live, I turn to Óscar Romero.
The God-haunted music of Julien Baker
There’s a certain horror and heartbreak in God’s grace.
The brine of Christianity
I don’t go to church anymore, but the faith I was pickled in still shapes me.
The border is everywhere
For example, it runs right through a detention center in Mississippi.
A busload of migrants were told something was waiting for them in Chicago
It was our job to be that something.
Knitting with Simone Weil
The philosopher’s call to attention reminds me I’m making a difference.