Worldly Achievements Not Important

The late Henri Nouwen, a best-selling author and professor, recalls his first days at L'Arche, a community for the mentally and physically disabled, ...

Our Worth to God

A certain speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. "Who would like this $20 bill?" he asked. Hands started going up throughout ...

A No-Compromise Issue

An 1871 report from the American Medical Associated concerning abortion stated:

If our language has appeared to some strong and severe, or even intemperate, ...

A Little Lower than the Angels

Virtually every one of us in this room is the result of an educational system that has drip by drip, like dropping water on stone, made an impression ...

An Ant Caught in Traffic

For twenty-two years I drove the Chicago area expressways. On the Eisenhower Expressway you have six lanes going in and six lanes coming out. I often ...

Love Despite the Odds

In 1995, Christopher Reeve, the "Superman" actor, fell from a horse in a riding accident that severed his spinal cord and paralyzed him from ...

Our Throw-Away Society

In this society we save whales, we save timber wolves and bald eagles and Coke bottles. Yet, everyone wanted me to throw away my baby.

The Importance of the Soul

In a certain sense, every single human soul has more meaning and value than the whole of history with its empires, its wars and revolutions, its blossoming ...

Value in Every Life

There is no life so humble that, if it be true and genuinely human and obedient to God, it cannot reflect his light. There is no life so meager that the ...

The Value of Life in the Womb

Susan Shelley writes in Marriage Partnership, "I was thrilled when the doctor told me our baby-to-be was a boy. I decided to keep the news a secret ...