On July 23, 2025, I will celebrate twenty years sober, having struggled with alcohol addiction for over a decade before I was finally free in July 2005. I’m writing a book on my experience in the hope it’ll encourage others, called Unshackled: Breaking Addiction’s...

Pope Francis has passed away, and the world mourns the loss of an extraordinary spiritual leader. Many accolades are being written about his life. In my tribute, I’ll focus on his contributions to Christian spirituality and the common good.[1] Pope Francis’s...

A Stone Rolled Back in a Fractured World Resurrection Sunday isn’t a retreat into denial. It isn’t the triumph of optimism or the victory of spiritual escapism. It’s the announcement of something unspeakably tender and radically disruptive: love has risen from the...

The Cross That Holds the World Easter Friday isn’t soft. It doesn’t soothe or explain. It doesn’t offer closure. It exposes. It reveals the violence we carry and the love we can’t fathom. It unmasks our illusions: that power is enough, that empire will save us, that...

Digital Whirlwinds and the Fragile Soul We scroll for comfort. We swipe for connection. We post, react, and refresh, yet we still feel hollow. The endless feed promises escape but rarely delivers rest. It lures with novelty and leaves the soul weary. Christians today...

The Divided Table We live in a time when tables meant for communion have become battlegrounds. Conversations that should nourish have turned into debates that devour. Topics like race, equity, gender, and justice, which were once the heart of prophetic witness and...

A Silent Ache in a Crowded World We live side by side, screen to screen, yet something hurts in our souls. The world’s more connected than ever, with instant messages, always-on feeds, and endless social media updates. Still, the soul feels strangely unheld....

A Culture in Spiritual Eclipse Something’s shifting in the West’s soul. Churches sit emptier. Familiar creeds fade from memory. Statues are toppled, not just from public squares but from the heart’s inner sanctum. Many look around and wonder: Is this the end of faith...

The city hums with restlessness. Sirens, construction, and conversation coil around one another in a relentless liturgy of noise, desire, and urgency. In these concrete cathedrals of commerce, image, movement, and ambition, the soul often seems like an afterthought,...