“Why Do You Seek the Living Among the Dead?” Praying the Resurrection with U2
“Love endures beyond any earthly power to extinguish it.” “Mothers of the Disappeared” is the final track on Irish rock band U2’s …
“Strange Fruit”: The True Visage of Lynching
Dear Hope Sings readers, thank you for your patience during my long hiatus from writing for this blog, mainly due to technical …
A Dream of Life: Springsteen and 9/11
So much has been said and written about the events of September 11, 2001 — perhaps too many words, and too little …
As American as Apple Pie: After Charlottesville
“The hate being spewed in Virginia has no place in this country. It’s deeply disturbing and un-American. I’m praying for those hurt …
“The Weight of the World is Love”
I have been struggling of late to match pen to paper, fingers to keyboard, mind to reality, amid a political crisis in …
An Unsettling Horizon: A Father’s 9/11 Prayer
As we approach the 15th anniversary of 9/11, I’d like to share an essay just published in America magazine, and linked here: …
Elie Wiesel: 1928-2016
Editor’s Note: I’m honored to share this guest post from my friend and colleague Rabbi Abie Ingber, executive director of the Center …
The State of Black [and White] Cincinnati: Two Cities
Lent: a season of self-examination and renewal of trust in the God of our hope. A shared journey into the desert. The …
Jesuit Education and the Bursting of Soap Bubbles
The widespread failure of our criminal justice system to secure the principle that black lives matter no less than white lives is …
On Anti-Muslim Sentiment in America
We, as Christian theologians in the public sphere, stand together in solidarity with Muslims in the United States in support of all …