Next week, my new book, The Nonviolent Life, will be published by Pace e Bene Press. There I propose that the life of nonviolence involves three dimensions: practicing nonviolence toward…

When writer Louis Fischer visited Gandhi's ashram in 1942, he noticed a picture of Jesus on the wall-the only wall hanging around-with the caption, "He is our peace." "But you…

Some two thousand two hundred of us made the trek to Hot Springs, North Carolina this past weekend for the third annual Wildgoose Festival. We gathered along the roaring French…

In 1981, while traveling in Europe, some friends and I visited Dachau, the Nazi concentration camp outside of Munich. Most of it was razed to the ground, but the original…

At the height of the story of Jonah, the entire city of Nineveh, in the heart of the brutal empire, repents of its warmaking, begs God for mercy, and promises…

"Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and announce to it the message that I will tell you." In part two of our story, God sends Jonah on a…

Usually it seems God has one of three directions for us: "Come follow me"; "Stay with me" (and "Keep watch!"); or "Go and tell them." The first is the call…

Not too long ago, one U.S. Catholic bishop announced that we should not sing the popular hymn, "All Are Welcome," at Mass any more. Why? Because not all are welcome…

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Catholic Worker, the movement of hospitality to the poor and public peacemaking which I consider the greatest gift of the North American…

As the long trial of Bradley Manning gets underway this week, I want to add my voice to the millions who stand with him and the thousands who protested his…