by Rob Field | Aug 31, 2026 | Inspiration
Rob Field, CSW Director All three of the world’s Abrahamic religions have a teaching about “sin.” In different ways, they point to one basic idea: that we human beings are capable of wrongdoing, while also trying to convince ourselves that our bad behavior is somehow... 
by Rob Field | Jul 31, 2026 | Inspiration
Rob Field, CSW Director Turning and turning in the widening swirl, The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; And anarchy is loosed upon the world. ~ W. B. Yeats; paraphrase from his poem “The Second Coming” The lords... 
by Rob Field | May 29, 2026 | Inspiration
Rob Field, CSW Director “Please, lock me away,” declare the first words of an old song. “And don’t allow the day.” If we keep listening, we learn why the singer feels so forlorn: “I don’t care what they say, I won’t stay in a world... 
by Rob Field | May 5, 2026 | Inspiration
Rob Field, CSW Director Years ago, a young man walked into a monastery chapel, witnessed the monks in prayer, and had a flash of deep insight: the reason the world had not blown up yet was because there were people and places like these, devoted to... 
by Rob Field | Mar 25, 2026 | Inspiration
Rob Field, CSW Director No one I know lives in a fortress with a moat, a drawbridge, or guards decked out in full armor. But on TV and in the movies, a classic scene from medieval Europe might depict someone visiting a castle or walled city with these very... 
by Rob Field | Feb 26, 2026 | Inspiration
Rob Field, CSW Director We are now living in a battle-scarred era when powerful men filled with dangerous ideas are butting heads, and the world and its citizens are caught in the middle. Exhibit A is Ukraine, which was invaded in a war of choice 4 years ago....