On the Jesuitical podcast at America Media reflecting on what being a busboy taught me about compassion. From my new book "Work in Progress" www.harpercollins.com/pages/jamesm...
Dear friends: I was so happy to be on the Jesuitical podcast at America Media to talk about my new book "Work in Progress," on the summer jobs that helped to shape me and taught me a great deal about life and about grace. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3kn...
In case you still need some suggestions for Lent:
Be kind.
And three ways to do it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=90g8...
"No longer paralyzed, rigid, and secure in our positions, but gathered together to move and change. How rare it is to find adults who repent, people, businesses, and institutions who admit they were wrong!”
--Ash Wednesday
"Opposing the living God to idolatry—Scripture teaches us—means daring to embrace freedom and rediscover it through an exodus, a journey.
Pope Leo XIV on "structures of sin" today:
“Sin, of course, is personal, but it takes shape in the real and virtual environments we frequent, in the attitudes we use to influence one another, often within actual 'structures of sin' of an economic, cultural, political, and even religious nature.
A life-changing spiritual experience for a man who would become one of the world's pre-eminent New Testament scholars, Ben Witherington, III. Listen to our whole conversation on "The Spiritual Life" podcast. www.americamagazine.org/thespiritual...
Join us for the first session of our book club for "Work in Progress" today at 3 PM ET, on my public Facebook page. We'll talk about the first three chapters. Over the next few weeks, we'll discuss how the book might encourage you to see God's hand at work in your life!
Dear friends: Happy to share the news that "Work in Progress," has landed on the @nytimes.com bestseller lists. Thanks so much to everyone for their support. And I hope the book helps you find God as you look back on your own life! www.harpercollins.com/pages/jamesm...
Dear friends: Happy Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, one of the most beautiful feasts in the entire year! May Our Lady and St. Bernadette Soubirous pray for all of us, especially those who are sick. Go to Our Lady with all your concerns for your health and the health of loved ones.
And Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Delighted to share this new conversation with @annelamott.bsky.social on "The Spiritual Life," in which she talks about a profound experience of the presence of Jesus, the "names" we give to God and moving from a secular to a spiritual worldview. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WZ_...
Feb 10: Tomorrow!
This promises to be fun! Join @jdickerson.bsky.social and me tomorrow night (Tues., Feb. 6 at 7 PM ET), as part of the National Writers Series, online. Sign up here: www.tickettailor.com/events/natio...
News: All of us at Outreach are honored to have Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna, the Archbishop of Malta, write this beautiful meditation for us, which offers insights not only for LGBTQ Catholics, but all believers. outreach.faith/2026/02/arch...
Also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts: www.americamagazine.org/thespiritual...
My friend, and beloved spiritual teacher, Richard Rohr, OFM, is our guest on the latest episode of "The Spiritual Life." Richard speaks movingly about God, Jesus, faith, prayer, brokenness and healing. So happy to share this conversation with you! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSQM...
Dear friends: My full conversation with Lulu Garcia-Navarro @lulugn.bsky.social of @nytimes.com on my book "Work in Progress," God, faith, Pope Leo, and how to live a moral life in turbulent times, is now available on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1tK...
Dear friends: I was so grateful to be invited on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social last night to talk about my new book "Work in Progress," God, Jesus, Pope Leo XIV, Thomas Merton and what being a busboy taught me about life. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAew...
Honored to be interviewed by the @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/m...
Thurs., Feb. 5: Free Library of Philadelphia in Center City, 7 PM.
libwww.freelibrary.org/programs/.
Fri., Feb. 6: University of Pennsylvania, Irvine Auditorium, Cafe 58, 7 PM.
Sat., Feb. 7: Epiphany of Our Lord Parish, Plymouth Meeting, Pa. 6 PM.
Dear friends: God willing, I will be speaking at three venues in Philadelphia this week about my new book "Work in Progress," which is largely set in Philly! Hope to see you there! Below are the times and places.
"How the Bicentennial Wagon Train Almost Got Me Fired," "How Not to be a Shiftless Troublemaker" and "How Poltergeists, Aliens and Bigfoot Prevented me from Getting Rich."
Don't worry if you've not gotten through all that reading. You can still participate. See you then!
Dear friends: We'll start our book club reading of "Work in Progress" this Friday, Feb. 6 at 3 PM ET on my public Facebook page. The book will be released tomorrow, so that should give you time to read (or listen to) the first three chapters:
Why did people love CatherineO'Hara so much? For me, it was not only her sheer talent, her once-in-a-generation gift for comedy and her always unpredictable line readings, but that she imbued a sense of compassion for all her oddball characters. outreach.faith/2026/01/why-...
Dear friends: God willing, I'll see you at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York (at Park and 83rd) at 7 PM on Monday, Feb. 2, for a book launch for "Work in Progress." I'll be giving a talk and signing books in Wallace Hall. More info here: ignatius.nyc/event/book-l...
Beautiful article by Conor Reidy, executive director of Outreach: "What does it mean to live with an awakened conscience in a world that punishes solidarity?" outreach.faith/2026/01/my-b...
