Month: April 2013

End of the Semester Stress

Everyone I have met this week has a list: papers to write, budget proposals to prepare, calendars to submit, exams to grade, evaluations to finish and things to complete before graduation. I really had to make a list of my

Practicing Hope

Many years ago a peace activist priest, Daniel Berrigan, was asked how he stayed hopeful in the midst of ongoing wars and violence all around him. He thought for a moment and replied: “I stay hopeful by doing hopeful things.”

The Pope, Facebook, and Inclusivity

Easter blessings to you all this beautiful April day. Not long after Pope Francis was selected by his fellow Cardinals, I saw a post from an acquaintance on Facebook. He posed the question, “I wonder what this Pope’s stance on

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