I recently rewatched the Star Wars sequel trilogy (episodes VII-IX). They’re far from perfect, I’ll admit (what isn’t?), but they’re still fun. My favorite of these (and this might be controversial) is The Last Jedi. Many fans were vocal about their hatred of it, because it turned so many conventions of the Star Wars story ...

So the other day, my husband saw the following joke in his work break room.  Each week there’s a punny one shared on the whiteboard and he just had to share this one with me: Person A – How much to hire a church singing group? Person B – You mean a choir? Person A – Fine, fine, ...

I’m having a hard time cultivating compassion in these days of… all the things. Compassion is action oriented – it requires four steps from us: recognizing, understanding, empathizing and responding.Compassion is an action word.  Sometimes I don’t have any energy for action anywhere in me.  Carrie Newcomer reflects that: Perhaps the place to start is not ...

by nadine j. smet-weissspiritual director we arein thistogetherwalls ofseparationillusoryany effortto diminishyour humanitylessens minemay we liveopen and awakenedto this simple truthwe are one