When I think of the difficult things in our lives and in the world today, especially in our country, I think that they are wake-up calls from God to “see and hear” as Jesus says often[1], to know what is really happening and what is really needed for us to do in light of, say, […]

Being present to people is like—and this is the best metaphor I can come up with—driving a car on roads in town or on a highway. Your eyes have to see everything that is going on: any change in the traffic lights or traffic, any potholes to avoid, what the cars ahead of you and […]

Community is the true nature of our relationships with people, too. Belonging to one or more communities is much less important today in our country than the next thing that we want on our list of material things we have to have. This loss of community in our neighborhoods, even our families, our cities, and […]