So much of our public life feels locked in contradiction: left vs. right, local vs. global, tradition vs. progress. The instinct is to pick a side, double down, and treat the other as wrong. Pope Francis, in Let Us Dream, offers a different lens. He calls us to see many of these tensions not as […]
I wanted to offer a quick round up of inspiring reads. I just learned about the Stupski foundation that is in spend down mode and plans to completely close their doors in 2029. They’re doing a lot to talk about philanthropy and why “Change Can’t Wait”; https://stupski.org/change-cant-wait-blog/ Second, Brian Boland is a member of our […]
“Cathedral thinking” is the kind of vision that takes generations to realize. I first heard the term in 2008 in a speech by Jim Rogers, then CEO of Duke Energy. He described how medieval cathedrals were built across centuries — and how that kind of multi-generational commitment was needed to transform our electricity grid. I […]
One of the biggest gifts in life are companions who help us deepen in our prayer and spiritual life. I recently started looking back at my life and realizing what a trove of treasures I’ve being introduced to. What a joy it can be to come across a new prayer, a new insight. Yesterday, during […]
When I graduated college in 2008, I was full of hope.The energy of Obama’s “hope and change” campaign was in the air, and my organizing work at Notre Dame had convinced me that institutions could evolve. But in 2009, when climate legislation collapsed in the Senate, I was devastated. It felt like the environmental movement […]
Pope Francis refused to keep faith locked inside a Sunday box. Laudato Si’ compelled us to connect climate, consumerism, loneliness—to see the only true way forward: spiritual conversion. When I finally stopped hiding from my quarterly statements, I imagined Pope Francis himself opening the envelope. What would he see? A letter that landed In 2019 […]
I was surprised when a colleague told me, “Hurry is the antidote to spirituality.” It struck a chord, but I wasn’t convinced—until I started listening to The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer. This book has illuminated a truth I’ve sensed but struggled to articulate: the hurried pace of modern life is robbing […]
Last month, a dream came true. After three years of relationship building “to find the others”. We organized a gathering around Catholic social tradition and investment practice. And it was more than a gathering. It was a deep encounter. People felt moved by how deeply they were able to relate, and how meaningfully they could […]
It was so great to be back in New York this week. On Tuesday Tim (Veris WP) hosted a great discussion deepening some of the questions we hold as a Francesco Collaborative movement of impact investors. So great to have Kate from the Global impact investing Network, Michael from the Jewish impact investing movement, Caleb […]
Few moments have made me pause like reading Wendell Berry’s latest essay… Wendell’s latest essay just came out in Christian Century: https://www.christiancentury.org/features/against-killing-children One of his lines got me thinking: war is the business of business He awakens us to the reality that 60,000 nuclear bombs have been built. A huge percentage of each tax dollar […]