Sometimes, assigning blame is important; usually, it’s just an armchair sport.

Jesus challenges us to change situations of conflict, and not merely win them.

Part of the way of Jesus is following the leadings of the Spirit, even when tempted not to.

In this reflection, I take inspiration from the life of Dr. Paul Farmer.

Our anger, resentment, and grudges can be chains that bind us. Forgiveness breaks the chains.

Let’s take the beatitudes, not as a promise of future rescue, but as a call to present action.

Why are people so darned thick? Does God sometimes harden people’s hearts? I don’t think so, but some of our faith ancestors did.

You don’t have to be able to work miracles to do what Jesus taught us.

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. reminded us that to follow the way of Jesus, we sometimes have to be revolutionaries.

There’s nothing as beautiful as a baptism. But there’s nothing so beautiful that humans can’t turn it into a problem.