From Where I Stand

Blind to equality yet?

Jun 19, 2020

From Where I Stand: The conquest and enslavement of whole peoples is a seedbed of white shame that has lasted for decades, for centuries, and must finally be weeded out now.

A protester in Boston screams after being affected by a chemical agent used by metro police May 31. (CNS/Reuters/Brian Snyder)

Racism is the temptation white people have yet to overcome

by Joan Chittister

Jun 3, 2020

From Where I Stand: We had nothing to do with this racism thing, we say, and we're not going to apologize for something that happened centuries ago. But it's in our DNA. It's what we do. Generation after generation.

Is it news or propaganda, and how do we know?

by Joan Chittister

May 20, 2020

From Where I Stand: When you break down anything into its smallest parts, like political news, you break off a piece of the civic culture with it. Until eventually, you don't have a culture.

President Donald Trump speaks during the daily coronavirus disease outbreak task force briefing at the White House in Washington April 21. (CNS/Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

What are we looking for? Power or leadership?

by Joan Chittister

May 6, 2020

From Where I Stand: We have lost a taste for solid gold leadership and accepted the gold-plated lookalike. We have bought into the emptiness of soul that takes a nation into the clutches of political subservience.

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Blind to equality yet?

Racism is the temptation white people have yet to overcome

Is it news or propaganda, and how do we know?

What are we looking for? Power or leadership?

Principles for a pandemic

You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. Really?

Be you either hot or cold: Jesus' words, not mine

Disavowal: Some promises should not be forever

It's time for our biases to grow

I'd be skeptical if I were you

Anger: A virtue for our time, because silence is not working

St. Benedict's 12th step is the challenge to become humility itself

The 11th step: What we say, and how we say it, defines us

St. Benedict's 10th step of humility: When is funny not funny?

St. Benedict counsels a little less talk, a little more thought

St. Benedict's eighth step of humility: to grow, not to fossilize

Acceptance of inferiority and the freedom it brings

Step 6: It is possible to be contented even with disappointments

The self-revelation that makes us new again

Society profits from the power of patience

Listen to those entrusted with our growth

Our differences will make the difference in our future

Fixing everything: First, let God be God

How to save Western civilization — again

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