A Word of Life
Just inside of the retreat house entrance hangs a sign that reads, “All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed as Christ” (from the Rule of St. Benedict). It is a daily reminder to me of the one thing to keep ever before me in all I do to offer retreat hospitality at Dayspring’s […]
What Now?
Intentional cruelty turns my stomach and I see it every day on the news: immigrants being arrested for no other reason than their name or skin color. Construction workers abducted at the Home Depot. Masked men sweeping people off the streets in order to fulfill an arbitrary quota. Civil rights being stripped away in public, […]
Accepting Hospitality
There is a slip of paper on my computer monitor that asks God to help me set aside what I think I know in order to have an open mind and a new experience of everything and everyone. Today, as I read about Jesus sending seventy-two disciples out to spread the good news about the […]
The Gospel of the Black Dog
I recently learned about “riot dogs”—dogs who’ve shown up in protests around the world to protect people from harm. One of the most well-known is a black dog from Chile named Negro Matapacos. During the student-led protests for education reform in Santiago (2011–2013), he became a fixture in the community—always showing up to protect protesters, […]
