Lent
How to Step Outside Yourself this Ash Wednesday
It’s coming. Lent starts in less than two weeks on Ash Wednesday. For most Newman centers, more people show up on Ash Wednesday than any other day of the year. There’s something about this day that...
Felt Needs
Because Words Matter: The Importance of Sharing Your Gratitude With Others
As a teacher, the start of the school year means many things: student documents to read, a classroom to unpack, and an inbox brimming with important emails that all need answering right away. Sign...
Culture
How To Talk to Those Who Disagree with You—and Still Love Them
A few years ago, during a Saturday session of my doctoral class called “Critical Issues in Educational Leadership,” we compared charter versus public schools, a controversial topic in the education...
Culture
Lessons on Gratitude From a Leper
So many times when I come to prayer, I have a list of all the things I want God to fix in my life — my temper, my relationship with that certain annoying person in my life (maybe these are...