“You yourselves know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or to visit with a Gentile; but God has shown me that I should not call anyone profane or unclean.” | Acts 10.28, NRSV “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” A childhood defense against taunts, […]
“Of two possibilities,” my mother loved to tell me, “choose always the third.” She is a Benedictine nun. I found the words of Sister Joan Chittier in a collection of writings on community titled Called to Community: The Life Jesus Wants for His People. I have been carrying it around for a couple of months […]