Brian Harper is a communications specialist for the Midwest Jesuits. His writing has been featured in “America,” “Mic,” “Counterpunch,” “Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,” “National Catholic Reporter,” and various other publications. You can find his work at www.brianharper.net.

Writing in the Dirt

One of my favorite Gospel passages involves Jesus’s reaction to a woman caught in adultery. Taken from John 8 and one of the readings in…

I Should’ve Done Better

As Lent comes to a close, we may be grappling with any number of emotions. Perhaps relief if we are looking forward to partaking in…

Don’t Despair

Christians, or at least the ones I know, do not much like to think or talk about Hell. How could a loving God send anyone,…

A Change Can Come

  I have long been fascinated by the idea of conversion and have written about it before. What moves me is not so much an…