When the Hurt Seems to Win

When the Hurt Seems to Win

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Gregory Boyle is a Jesuit priest who leads a special ministry. The guy with the snowy beard in the picture above is the founder and executive director of Homeboy Industries, a gang-intervention program in the...
True Healing

True Healing

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Author and sociologist Tony Campolo is frequently invited to speak about his faith around the country. A few years back he visited a church in Oregon.  Following his message, Tony was...
A Beauty Crowned with Thorns

A Beauty Crowned with Thorns

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. It was hands-down the most memorable Easter gift I have ever received. One year, when my two brothers and I were in grade school, Mom didn’t settle for colored eggs and chocolate bunnies.  Just...
Trust in the Midst of Doubt

Trust in the Midst of Doubt

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. The first-ever presidential inauguration took place on April 30, 1789, in New York City. On that date, Washington D.C. – the nation’s capital that would ultimately be named for the first president – was still...
The Wilhelm Scream

The Wilhelm Scream

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. You’ve heard the Wilhelm Scream before.  You probably just didn’t know it had an actual name and history.  The Wilhelm Scream was recorded in a studio more than 70 years ago by voice...