It's common here in North Carolina's Outer Banks to see pelicans glide effortlessly in single file a foot above the breaking waves along the coastline. On occasion, I've seen a…
I never intended to become a writer-and I certainly don't claim any special talent in that department. Thirty years ago, I looked around and saw that Gandhi, Dr. King, Dorothy…
Once a journalist asked Tolstoy who he thought the greatest American writer was. "Adin Ballou," Tolstoy answered. The journalist was puzzled. Who? He had never heard of Adin Ballou. Few…
"I hope my life tries to give testimony to the message of the Gospel, above all that God loves the world and loves those who are poorest within it." That's…
Just back from two weeks in Ireland with my friends Fr. Bill and Fr. Patrick, where I went to get some perspective on life and the world, including recent events…
The raising of Lazarus in John s Gospel is one of the most dramatic and poignant episodes in scripture. While traditionally read as a story about friendship and faith, Dear…
The new movie The Way has no explosions, no shootings, no car chases, no vampires and no robots ripping apart tall buildings. Because of that, it probably won't attract many…
One of my earliest teachers of Jesus' nonviolence was the great Mennonite theologian, John Howard Yoder. I remember discovering in the fall of 1982 his seminal work, The Politics of…
My new book, Lazarus Come Forth!, is out this week. It portrays Jesus as the God of life calling humanity (in the symbol of the dead Lazarus) out of the…
Dear Archbishop Tutu, "Yu, u nobuntu!" Happy 80th Birthday! With friends around the world, I give thanks to the God of love and peace for your extraordinary life, your great…