I’m not a softhearted poet. I’m not a people-pleasing idealist. I live with full-throttle ambition and no shortage of self-interest. I’m impatient and sometimes insecure. I jockey for position and I ...

Sunday, May 18, is the Fifth Sunday of Easter; Mass readings: Acts 14:21-27; Psalm 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13; Revelation 21:1-5a; John 13:31-33a, 34-35. In today’s Gospel, Our Lord sets forth for us the ...

Raising children to love like Jesus did. I am the child of Christian parents who were deeply committed to raising kids who care about others. My dad was a pastor and we were homeschooled, but my ...

Our new year’s resolutions won’t get very far if we neglect the object of our transfiguration. Spiritual formation is simply the way the human spirit, or self, is formed into a definitive shape—and ...