My interview with former death row inmate Ndume Olatsushani shook my faith in our justice system. But I found that my own attitude represented a larger problem.

Applying the commandment to “love my neighbor” to literature, I discovered a whole new way of relating to writers.

For Simone Weil, justice is primarily an act of paying attention, which protects the sacred cry in every human being not to be hurt.

In the face of death, Tocqueville and Pascal saw two paths toward despair—but Pope Benedict XVI offers a third way of confronting mortality.

Identifying privilege offers insight into grace and allows us to take responsibility for both our own responses and the needs of others.

The independent rootlessness of emerging adults presents potent opportunities for the practice of hospitality.

The bankruptcy of Detroit is a consequence of multi-faceted social problems that defy simple solutions and pat answers. To love the city will require more than creative thinking.