Wil Darcangelo

What is the function of hope? What does it do for us or to us? I feel pretty sure we take the concept for granted. And of course I had a general understanding of the reasons for maintaining a hopeful attitude as I began writing this message. But I started with the question: What is the function of hope? Because I didn't know.

Our country, and even the world right now, is fraught with a deep lack of understanding for one another. We have sequestered ourselves into our little tribes of commonality, preferring to hear only the perspectives and opinions we share. We feel more divided than ever.

It's no surprise to any of us that change is at minimum irksome, and at maximum traumatic. It's not an understatement to use the word traumatic here.

One of the reasons I’m so attracted to the study of theology, religion, and human culture is my quest for religious and spiritual accessibility. That’s a term people are not familiar with, as…

It's too late for them now. No matter what they do, no matter how they fight, no matter what rights they try to take away, the truth has already been revealed. People are created equal.

No matter what your ideology or religious belief, we all need coping skills for these times. It really kind of sucks to be human sometimes. And for many people, right now is one of them.

Paying attention is a life practice. Also referred to as the practice of mindfulness, I find it easier to do it if I think of it as paying attention. Literally attending to something.

Don't just be thankful. Remember to thank. It means something. It completes the circuit.

I can't think of anything I'd like more for Christmas than joy for this world, who have been through so much of late. This saddened and wicked world, full of disease and dis-ease, both. Wounds of the heart so deep even the light cannot penetrate them.

How can we tell what’s truly going on in the world? We have only the sources we have. We are, at least most of us, not privy to the inner workings of board rooms or priestly conclaves. We cannot ea…