My borderline obsession with monks began about four years ago with Trappist monk and renowned author Thomas Merton. I had seen Merton...

I see the world in stories. Always looking for the next plot that moves me. Always looking for the next thing that can take me on a...

On the corner of Fourth and Walnut (about a half-mile from where I was born) in downtown Louisville in 1958, monk and contemplative...

The first time I saw Paraguayan missionary Norberto Kurrle was two years ago on a video screen. I was sitting in the back of an...

Coach Dave Bliss, I’m not sure when I started calling you “Coach.” It just kind of happened. I suppose it’s fitting since that’s what you...

As I write this, I see the Blue Ridge Mountains surrounding the softball diamonds at the Botetourt Sports Complex in Roanoke, Va. I come...