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The Principality of Whiteness and the Distorted Imago Dei in All of Us
We live in a fallen world because of sin–our own sin, the sin of others, and the sin of principalities which govern it. Whiteness is a principality. It is the belief that white people are more intelligent, more beautiful, harder working, more honest, and more deserving. In the U.S. it has also been embedded with…
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Building the Beloved Community in Sorrow
Perhaps like some of you, I have felt overwhelmed with grief in this Lenten season. Our family has dealt with chronic illness which has broken us all open to what has felt like unrelenting sorrow and pain. This, of course, is in addition to the collective experience we are all having through a pandemic, ongoing…
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An Invitation
John 14:26-27 I have wrestled with God. I have wrestled with God in my personal and professional life, in my life in the beautiful Church, in my vocations, and in how I invest my intentions and my strivings in the world…I find myself wanting to hold onto hope, hoping and believing that life is better…
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Taking Lent Deeper
During Lent, we are called to reflect on our own mortality. For most people living comfortably in the United States, such an exercise stretches us, unless we have been dealing with suffering in our own families. Recently, however, the looming war in Europe has commanded the attention of the world. And why has this particular…
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No Way Around
“Where are you, God?” Most recently I spoke these words through tears of anguish while sitting in a small chapel at Mt. Sinai Hospital on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. My wife was being wheeled in for another MRI on her bleeding brain after a failed surgical attempt to remove a tumor. Now in…
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How Long?
O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not listen? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save?