Compassion
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Global child hunger hides in plain sight
Malnutrition affects tens of millions of children globally, with devastating, lifelong consequences for health and development.
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The rainbow’s real meaning
Beyond a sign of beauty, the rainbow is read here as a retired weapon, a divine vow to set violence aside.
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Rethinking how we respond to grief
Clichés meant to make sense of the senseless often backfire, leaving grieving people questioning whether they were ever truly okay.
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Service, not imposition: the church’s place in public life
Leo insists the church respects political autonomy, affirming separation of church and state andrejects Christian nationalism outright.
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Christians — loving, caring, forgiving, friendly and good-natured believers
Jorge Mario Bergoglio attracted people by being ordinary — and in doing so, exposed just how extraordinary ordinary goodness has become among those who hold public influence and trust.
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AI can’t bleed
As artificial intelligence reshapes connection, the ancient Gospel command stands firm: love your visible neighbour before claiming to love an invisible God. Technology can link continents, but only sacrificial love builds authentic communion.
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Hope wears an apron, not a crown
In a noisy world, service is how faith still speaks. It’s less about what we believe and more about how we live. When words fail — and they often do — a kind gesture says: you matter, and you are not alone.
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Covered in the dust of the road
There is something deeply moving about a love that refuses to wait for an apology. When we expect a lecture, we often receive a hug instead. It is the scandal of being welcomed home before we’ve even washed our hands.
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God crashes Mary’s mundane Monday
When Gabriel appears to Mary, she is likely at her daily tasks, grinding grain, perhaps, or drawing water. God crashes into her mundane Monday. The Christmas story begins not in sacred spaces but in ordinary life—and that changes everything about how we understand faith.
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What if love doesn’t look away?
Jacinda Ardern declared the Christchurch attacker nameless, embodying our desire to erase those who harm us. But if her compassionate “they are us” extends to victims, what happens when we apply that same lens to perpetrators? The question unsettles our moral categories profoundly.
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