Side by Side
Colleen Arnold, MD
March 12, 2026
Reflect Recently, I spent time with a very unhappy person. Although they did have legitimate problems, most of their suffering was of their own making.
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Jews and the Death Penalty
Pat McCloskey, OFM
March 12, 2026
The Jewish leaders brought Jesus before Pilate because they said their law would not allow them to put anyone to death. However, earlier in the same Gospel, they were planning to stone a woman caught in adultery. Wasn’t this a death sentence?
Out of Many, One
Stephen Copeland
March 11, 2026
It is only through the passage of diversity that we awaken to our inherent union and spiritual connection to one another.
Throughline of Doves
Maureen O'Brien
March 11, 2026
Reflect In all four canonical gospels, as John the Baptist is baptizing Jesus, the Holy Spirit alights as a dove (Mt 3:13-17, Mk 1:9-11, Lk
God’s Kingdom: What Is It?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
March 11, 2026
Does kingdom of God refer to a place, a church, a new culture based on the beatitudes, or any situation in which the presence of Jesus is experienced?
Journey into Dialogue
Stephen Copeland
March 10, 2026
How often do we consider that the person we’re with brings their own unique gifts to a conversation or experience?
The Jubilee Year of St. Francis
Herman Sutter
March 10, 2026
Reflect In this jubilee year of Francis of Assisi, there are so many things we can learn from his example. One of them is his
No Funeral Mass for a Cremated Person?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
March 10, 2026
What is the Church’s official stance on cremation?
‘Give Birth to Christ in the World’
Stephen Copeland
March 9, 2026
I wanted to spend some time with what Father Cyprian shared. “Dialogue is not a crossing of two monologues,” he said.
Fill the Cracks
Susan Hines-Brigger
March 9, 2026
Reflect One of my favorite practices is that of Kintsugi–which means “join with gold.” This Japanese art repairs broken objects by filling the cracks or