Contemplate This - Our future does not need leaders who contribute to increasing breakdown by pretending we can go back. Our future needs transformational leadership that calls forth a renewed sense of altruism.
Horizons - Reading Dr. Martin Luther King's words from 1968 is a surreal experience. In many ways, it seems like his final book was written in the summer of 2020.
I am from Sri Lanka, but God called me for missions far from my land. I answered: "Here I am, send me." With joy and enthusiasm, I went to share my life in mission with the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in Peru.
To address the many crises of women struggling in trafficking and the street-based sex trade, one Lutheran church and four Catholic women religious congregations formed a faith-based partnership.
COVID-19 is unprecedented, and its impact has been overwhelming, because of the many uncertainties at the beginning of the pandemic. This pandemic has made me think of the reason I became a nurse.
I've been giving presentations on how musicals help us get through hard times. Today, "The King and I" offers wisdom as we deal with racial bias, bigotry, polarization and learning to live with different views.
This is a story about a widow named Meera Srivastava, mother of two who persevered to change her situation and who taught me about grit, courage, wisdom and humanity.
One lens with which to view history is the leadership that emerges during times of crises. We have witnessed displays of fine leadership in response to the coronavirus pandemic — led by women.
Horizons - Don't panic. Sounds an awful lot like some other sage advice — Be not afraid. Not only did Dora teach me the steps to survive literal quicksand, she models peace in anxious and chaotic times.
Last week I was overwhelmed by images of racial violence and the injustice that was being brought to our consciousness. I just kept thinking, "Where would you be, Jesus?"
Our sisters who had COVID-19 appear to be better, and we are so grateful for this. But the experience of the five weeks of their illness was so profound that it took me three months to begin to write about it.
A Place to Call Home - United by our shared belief in social justice, we will emerge from this time even more unified and devoted to the task of eliminating homelessness.
I admire how Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Monroe, Michigan, are integrating the needs and experiences of our Icommunity members into a plan grounded by prayer and intentionality.
Horizons - The apostle Paul told the Romans to graciously receive the deacon Phoebe and give her any help she needed. Can't we ask the same, for women to truly share their gifts in ministry in the church?
Although the outside world became quiet, I found that I had deep anxiety about this world pandemic. I watched as the number of deaths went up in the world and especially in my own state and those where friends live.
Here in the community of Villa García, Zacatecas, Mexico, there is little or no government help at present. Yet many live with poor housing conditions, or are robbed of the little they have.
In the U.S., the extroverts get the attention, but perhaps there are bigger issues underlying the question of unheard voices in church and workplace and culture.
Contemplate This - We don't often talk about worldviews. Like the air we breathe, we aren't aware of them until something happens to make us stop and examine what we took for granted. All of us view the world with blinders on.
Horizons - Amidst lots of other changes — transitioning housemates, learning a new ministry and a new community, living in a language that isn't my first, then experiencing countless shifts during the COVID-19 pandemic — there is one comforting constant.