Being an American means reckoning with a history, fraught with violence and injustice. Ignoring that reality in favor of mythology is not only wrong, but also dangerous. The dark chapters of American history have just as much to teach us, if not more, than the...
03087 – Prayer of an Anonymous Abbess
Lord, thou knowest better than myself that I am growing older and will soon be old. Keep me from becoming too talkative, and especially from the unfortunate habit of thinking that I must say something on every subject and at every opportunity. Release me from the idea...
00896 – A Glorious Ending
When I was a little boy, I studied piano. My mother was my teacher. When it came time for recital, my mother made me go over the conclusion again and again. I had to get it down perfect! “Keep on practicing the conclusion, Bob. Learn those last measures!” she used to...
00735 – The Magnificence of Christ
When we magnify Christ, we do not make Him any bigger. When you magnify something, you are simply making it larger to the eye. Christ cannot be made any bigger or more glorious than He already is. But like the Hubble telescope, we go out to display the attractiveness...