Love is the central action in Jesus’ ministry, and it is the focus of today’s Gospel. Jesus gives a commandment that is not completely new, although he makes a notable addition that should inform how ...

One of my dearest friends, a retired teacher of German descent, tutors children at an urban school. Once, while working on reading with an 8-year-old African American child, they shared a book about ...

Our new year’s resolutions won’t get very far if we neglect the object of our transfiguration. Spiritual formation is simply the way the human spirit, or self, is formed into a definitive shape—and ...