How often do we work to build something—a career, a project, a relationship—only to be disappointed? How hard is it for us to let go?

Seventeen years have passed since 9/11 and the tragic loss of so many lives and a shared American innocence. In remembering some of our coun

Everybody loves a good story, and this month Americans don’t have to look far to find one. Courage, heartbreak, passion; the Olympic Games h

In my last post, “Our Stories, Our Connections,” I described my recent airport encounter with a woman named AnnaGrace. A nurse by profession, AnnaGrace is a gatherer of people’s stories—stories she and others share on her blog, The Ordinary Human (commonbeings). I met AnnaGrace purely by chance, but our brief encounter made an impression. We talked a bit about hope, and my belief that hope is what sustains human beings through challenge and adversity. Desmond Tutu once said t