Pope Leo XIV, the first American to serve in this ministry, is role modeling a kind of leadership and masculinity that is desperately needed.

An ethical will, also known as a legacy letter, is an opportunity to share values, blessings, and/or family history with our heirs and future generations. A legal will outlines what will happen with your material wealth; an ethical bequeaths the wealth of your wisdom.

St. Francis of Assisi used his Christmas creche - with a live ox and donkey - to teach the radical truth of how God chose to become incarnate among creatures. Advent invites us to rediscover our creatureliness, and in the process celebrate our animal companions - fellow creatures who have much to teach us about being human.

A brief reflection for the month of All Souls, 2024: how our relationships with those on the other side of life and death can continue and deepen through the Communion of Saints.

We explore how Jesus offers an alternative paradigm for masculinity, with a focus on leadership, dealing with adversity, and ordering one's priorities.

In this episode, I invite us to consider Jesus as role model and mentor for men, as a portrait of authentic masculinity. He shows us the importance of having a mentor, of solitude and self-care, of expressing emotion and vulnerability.

We briefly explore 10 biblically rooted principles that might lead us collectively toward being a more dignified, decent, decorous people.

Why has America become so mean?  We explore some possible roots of this culture crisis, and how our religious traditions can serve to re-introduce the skills of how to be a good neighbor and a moral person.

Jesus was born in a the least expected of places - a stable, surrounded by animals and their dung! This deeply compassionate action of God shows us that the healing Divine Light seeks to be birthed in the smelly stables within each of us. Where is that place for you this Christmas?

Jesus' ancestors were quite a crew! Among them we find liars, murderers, prostitutes, and overall rogues, yet God choose to work with these people and was able to bring something glorious out of their many flaws.