Naming Ourselves – July 29, 2021
“We name ourselves by the choices we make, and we can help in our own naming by living through the choices, right and wrong, of the heroes and heroines whose stories we read. To name is to love. To be Named is to be loved. So in a very true sense the great works which […]
Making Choices – June 1, 2021
“There were always choices to make. Every day, every hour, offered the opportunity to make a decision, a decision which determined whether you would or would not submit to those powers which threatened to rob you of your very self, your inner freedom; which determined whether or not you become the plaything to circumstance, renouncing […]
The Last Human Freedom – May 31, 2021
“We who lived in concentration camps can remember the [people] who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a [person] but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s […]
We Begin Again
Today we are persons broken, families, neighbors, and a nation horribly divided, a global community in crisis. Every day I have choices. Who I pray for, how I spend my money, how I am with the other I encounter, where I give my free time and energy, what I aspire to, where I find my […]
