Leah Libresco Sargeant is the author of Arriving at Amen and blogs at Patheos.
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Leah Libresco Sargeant
If we struggle to serve God in small things, he may be generous enough to invite us into his service in dramatic ways. Continue Reading »
In order to pray for the people the Devil wants us to see as enemies, we need to see them as people. Continue Reading »
The discipline of medicine is an art of dynamic tension. Continue Reading »
Summer in the Forest, a documentary on Jean Vanier's L’Arche communities for the disabled, reminds us that we are all fragile, and that we must love one another. Continue Reading »
Preparing for death is the fullest expression of caring for our loved ones on earth—a truth that Joe Biden’s memoir sadly seems to miss. Continue Reading »
We can best chasten and instruct sexual predators by approaching sex with not only responsibility, but reverence. Continue Reading »
The more we embrace vulgarity and the breaking of taboos as liberating, the more predators will flourish. Continue Reading »
A grieving mother finds Christ in the comfort of fellow women also bearing wounds. Continue Reading »
Joss Whedon’s “Unlocked” tells a more complicated story about sex and abortion than he and Planned Parenthood must have intended. Continue Reading »
I’m pretty sure I’m in the target audience for Bill Nye’s new show—but it's breaking my heart. Continue Reading »
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