What We Hand Down
When someone hands down to us a precious family artifact, it comes to us scored with dozens of memories, scratches, […]
saints
Joan of Arc: Visionary & Child
The story of Jeanne d’Arc (anglicized as Joan of Arc) is a complicated one. We commemorate her as a Visionary,
Generosity for Teenagers
Like us as parents, Lydia orchestrated a whole circus of household, professional, and local matters.
Thurgood Marshall’s Sacred Foundation
Whenever I see Thurgood Marshall’s name show up on our calendar of Lesser Feasts and Fasts, I can’t help but
Honoring Grief and Taking Action
I came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain, common working men. –Frances Perkins
Allergies to Individualism
In the bookstore of the Ephrata Cloister in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, I found a slim volume called A Short, Easy, and Comprehensive Method of
Knowing oneself from the very start
Do you remember who you wanted to be when you were six-years-old?
Hadewijch of Brabant and Redemptive Suffering
So many of the saints noted in the Lesser Feasts and Fasts calendar are remembered in gendered ways.
Zenaida, Philonella, and Hermione: Healers and Physicians
When the tensions in Haiti are minimal, I run an annual medical clinic at St. Marc’s Episcopal School in one of the most remote places in the country.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: No Cheap Grace
I often struggle with how to balance opposing injustice and evil while maintaining my Christian commitment to mercy, peace, and forgiveness.