Culture & Faith

  • Finding culture in Synodality

    Every culture will find its own pathways into synodality. What matters is drawing on the strengths of local traditions—fairness, resilience, openness—to shape a style of reform that is both authentic and hopeful. In this way, synodality becomes a global conversation of faith.

    Finding culture in Synodality
  • Follow the money

    Laudato Si’ insists that human and natural environments affect the vulnerable most severely. The common good, Francis teaches, demands solidarity and countering systems that treat people as expendable in global markets.

    Follow the money
  • Stories that shape lives

    When people share stories of change, they often whisper encouragement. Such stories remind us that life is not fixed; it can shift, grow, and surprise. They open the door to hope and show us how to glimpse possibilities beyond ourselves.

    Stories that shape lives
  • Beauty, peace, and productivity: Designing spaces that shape us

    What makes a space sacred? Reverence, beauty, light, and silence. Could these same qualities transform our home offices into places that nurture both productivity and human dignity?

    Beauty, peace, and productivity: Designing spaces that shape us
  • The Sistine Chapel’s God isn’t enough today

    Can a white, male God creating a white, male Adam still speak to today’s world? Jesus welcomed all—Jews and Gentiles, slaves and free, men and women. Diversity was always part of the divine plan. What if creation looked like all of us?

    The Sistine Chapel’s God isn’t enough today

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