The Human Fund

Seinfeld fans can readily recall the Festivus episode in which, among other things, George decided that instead of giving coworkers a costly wrapped Christmas present for the mandatory office holiday exchange, he would gift them with a contribution card to a charitable cause.  It was to a charity that he invented and called The Human […]

Adverse Childhood Experiences

Father Gregory Boyle, S. J., has spent most of his adult life working with gang members in Los Angeles.  In his book, The Whole Language: the power of extravagant tenderness, he comments on the ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Study to encourage us, who want to engage in and strengthen cities across America, to understand root […]

Mother’s Day Reflection

(Written by Cindy Lange-Kubich) This is for all the mothers who didn’t win Mother of the Year, all the runner-ups and wannabes, the mothers who’re too tired to enter, or too busy to care.  This for all the mothers who froze their buns off on metal bleachers at soccer games Friday nights instead of watching […]