Our national political community is suffering. So is our church. So are universities. They suffer in different ways, but for the same reasons. There is no simple answer to this problem, but there is a good beginning.
Notes from Nonna: When a friend told me about her son, I felt at once both isolated from those around me, and in the encompassing presence of God. And from that quiet stillness, I felt and heard this: "Just relax and let me love you."
Notes from Nonna: Our lives in the U.S. are predominantly lived out in separate boxes, the smells and sounds and textures of village life only distantly remembered, if at all.
The Gospel of Sports: Playing trumpet in the Notre Dame marching band taught me five things about life in community. I don't think I've ever been part of any other group that had such a developed leadership system. It was a great model.
The Field Hospital: "There are benefits to being involved in a church community," says the lead researcher, who posits an explanation: Greater social connection leads to better health.
New Year's 2018: As we celebrate, we can take time to reflect on how to usher in 2018 with a fresh commitment to our own well-being. Here are eight meaningful resolutions.
Young Voices: "The Christian community welcomes you." Just which community is my son being baptized into, what makes it Christian, and who is on the welcoming committee?
Listen: NCR contributor Julie Bourbon talks about an upcoming kriya yoga conference; theologian Deanna Thompson explains how the internet can be the virtual body of Christ.
