Elizabeth Johnson

Grace on the Margins: The "Lentiest Lent ever" has given way to the most harrowing Holy Week ever. But you don't have to believe in the literal crucifixion, death and resurrection story to find meaning in it.

Faith Seeking Understanding: At its core, the communion of saints is an affirmation of the empowering, unifying and healing work of the Holy Spirit among all God's people and creation.

Grace on the Margins: The image of a badly burned koala in the Australia fires is seared into my memory and has stirred up once again my struggle with climate stress, depression and even despair. Some days theology is my only hope.

"Where certain species are destroyed or seriously harmed, the values involved are incalculable." The devastation in Australia comes at a time when rates of species extinction are accelerating worldwide.

Faith Seeking Understanding: This Christmas may we recognize the cosmic significance of the Word becoming flesh, humbly recalling our place as fellow members of God's family of creation and working to respect, preserve, and protect our creaturely sisters and brothers in Christ.

Simply Spirit: People who live close to the earth have much to teach us about living in harmony with a fractured world beloved by God, who, to quote Pope John Paul I, is "our father; even more he is our mother."

Book review: St. Anselm defined theology as "faith seeking understanding." In John Van Hagen's Agnostic at the Altar, the author might define his fascinating theological journey as "doubt seeking understanding."

In a recent talk, Fr. Bryan Massingale argues that the deepest problem faced by LGBTQI Catholics — the one that causes us the most pain, alienation, and self-estrangement — is that they've been told a false story about God and have been given false images of God.