The Life - This month, we ask our panelists: What has been the Holy Saturday of your life? When have you experienced the in-betweenness of Holy Saturday? What empty tombs have you been sitting by?
It is easy to dismiss Donald Trump as either a politician or a democratic leader. What can't be so quickly dismissed is the fact that, however weak the character he brought to the position, he was elected.
Pope Francis on July 19 encouraged African theologians gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, to bring "good news of mercy for the poor and nourish people and communities in their struggle for life, peace and hope."
Joan Chittister: Too often, it is the desire to be perfect that traps us from becoming everything — anything — we might possibly become. Fear of failure is particularly toxic where the spiritual life is concerned.
Soul Seeing: We are invited to see the invisible in the visible, to notice and celebrate every miracle of life, whether a tiny twig, a small flower, or a burly human, because everything is bursting with divine life.
Joan Chittister: We are all interconnected. When some of us stand up to the bully, we may all be persecuted in the name of God's righteousness. But to do so willingly is the heart of the eighth beatitude.
Perspective: As we recognize International Women's Day, it is more important than ever that we recognize the essential contributions we make, in society as a whole, and especially for the church's mission around the world.
Soul Seeing: Pope Francis' letters are like the soothing hand of a friend who has reached out to heal my wounds and lead me out of a long and barren wasteland.
Christine Schenk: What could better witness the power of an unpredictable God than to raise up a long-awaited Messiah from the least powerful of humans — a child born of an unwed mother? What better witness than a son with no apparent biological father, and therefore no claim to patriarchal privilege?