“Heaven is my father and Earth is my mother and even such a small creature as I finds an intimate place in their midst. Therefore that which extends throughout the…

“The universe is the primary revelation of the divine, the primary scripture, the primary locus of divine-human communication.”  ― Thomas Berry

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never…

The world is not a problem to be solved; it is a living being to which we belong. The world is part of our own self and we are a…

“Peace is both God’s gift and a human achievement. As a gift of God, it is entrusted to all men and women, who are called to attain it.” – Pope…

Perhaps the hardest thing to remember about Christmas is this: It celebrates the Incarnation, not just the Nativity. The Incarnation is an on-going process of salvation, while the Nativity is…

The message of the Incarnation is not to behold an innocent baby resplendent in inertia, but rather to take sides with a God who agitates for reform and shatters the…

It is in this moment, that we must together forge a Beloved Community – a Beloved community of dignity, abundance and belonging. Where we must say “no” to empire and…

I hope that you come to find that which gives life a deep meaning for you. Something worth living for – maybe even worth dying for, something that energizes you,…

May our slowing down this Advent be our gentle protest against the violence of our rushing world. (Melannie Svoboda, SND)