The Dude Abides
Rather than shoo the tyke away, Papa Frank - BECAUSE HE'S SO FRIGGIN' AWESOME - just let the kid do his thing, eventually inviting him to take a seat in the papal chair when the pontiff had to get up to greet grown-up dignitaries. Read more
Rather than shoo the tyke away, Papa Frank - BECAUSE HE'S SO FRIGGIN' AWESOME - just let the kid do his thing, eventually inviting him to take a seat in the papal chair when the pontiff had to get up to greet grown-up dignitaries. Read more
“To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts,” Ebert said. “We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try...I didn’t always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.” Read more
The fragility of life. The servanthood of love. The (im)morality of war. The fundamentals of mercy and justice. The power of grace and forgiveness. The oneness of creation. The personal (and spiritual) toll of climate change. The nature of God and faith. These are some of the spiritual themes explored in the mostly august field of nine contenders for the 2013 Academy Award for Best Picture. Read more
It is with great delight that I share some (personal) breaking news: At the end of the month, I will be joining the staff of the Orange County Register as its Faith & Values Columnist. Read more
Whether you’ve partaken of the “sacred herb” just once or burn more cabbage than Tommy Chong at a Furthur show is not the issue that most concerns me. It’s the decision to light a spliff or one-hitter or cigarette or whatever it was in that Newport Beach hotel room last week where folks were snapping pictures with their smartphones that troubles me. Read more
I needed to hear this today. Maybe you do, too. Read more
Once again, in an Advent treat that's become one of our favorite holiday traditions, Bono joined Glen Hansard and other Irish artists (including Sinead O'Connor) on Christmas Eve in a round of busking on Dublin's Grafton Street to raise money for charity. Read more
""The idea that there’s a force of love and logic behind the universe is overwhelming to start with, if you believe it. But the idea that the same love and logic would choose to describe itself as a baby born in shit and straw and poverty is genius. And it brings me to my knees, literally. " - Bono on the Incarnation from The God Factor: Inside the Spiritual Lives of Public People Read more
There is still time to order #GiftsthatGive for Christmas and Hannukah from the ONE Campaign's Store -- including the gorgeous scarves made by fashionABLE in Ethiopia exclusively for the ONE Campaign pictured above. Read more
I think I'm a hybrid of Owen Wilson in Darjeeling Limited, Frances McDormand in Moonrise Kingdom, and Margot Tennenbaum. How about you? Read more
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