December 5

The renowned author Maya Angelou tells the story in her autobiography 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' of being slapped by her grandmother for using the expression, “by the way.”[read more]

December 4

Today’s Gospel reading tells of Christ’s miraculous healing of two blind men. While far from his first miracle, Christ approaches the pleading blind men and humbly asks, “Do you believe that I can do this?”[read more]

December 2

These words manifest a practical way Jesus showed compassion throughout his public life and moves me to reflect on how many people in our world go to bed hungry every night[read more]

Pilgrimage Highlights Racial Inequality

The man dressed as Frederick Douglas, the escaped slave and abolitionist, stood at the shore where the first enslaved Africans arrived by boat in 1619.[read more]