Blue Skies, Bill Markham
Bill Markham is in our prayers. This is a moment to pause and say out loud what so many of us carry quietly.Read More
May the Fourth be with you; He Signed His Name. Then He
Charles Carroll was the wealthiest man in the colonies and the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence. Then he added hisRead More
The Kids of Normandy Will Not Forget
They came to our landings. We went to their schools. The children of Normandy showed up in period dress, in loving kindness, toRead More
Weeping May Be the Closest Thing to Enlightenment
David Whyte says weeping may be the closest experience humans have to enlightenment. Camus says live to the point of tears. I haveRead More
Share a Table: What Jacques Pepin Posted on the 4th
Jacques Pepin came from France in 1959 and never left. On America's 250th birthday he posted two words: Share a table. Here isRead More
Joie de Vivre Should Be a National Pastime
France has some of the lowest depression rates in the world. The secret is joie de vivre. Here is why it should beRead More
Madly. In Love.
Two climbers scaled the Empire State Building spire and got engaged at the top. Then they got arrested. Here is why the powerRead More
Seanchaí: The Ancient Art of Keeping Someone Alive Thr
Before there was writing, there was the Seanchaí — the Irish keeper of stories, the person who held a community's memory alive throughRead More
You Belong to the Universe: The Night Buckminster Fulle
In 1927, Buckminster Fuller stood at the edge of Lake Michigan, ready to end it all. What stopped him became the philosophy thatRead More
Facing Gethsemane: What the Garden Teaches About Accept
In 2006, Wells Jones and I stood among ancient olive trees in the Garden of Gethsemane after a month crossing Middle Eastern deserts.Read More