I haven’t heard much from Jesus lately. But today I saw him, sketched in pencil by the hand of a mass murderer.
In All Things
Why one city is backing a different kind of family values: housing co-ops
Early Wednesday morning, the city council passed a measure that enables housing cooperatives to form in Boulder’s neighborhoods.
Five Stories You May Have Missed in 2016
Here are a few pieces America editors wish had made it on to those top-ten lists but didn’t:
Why won’t my son sing in church?
My son hates to sing. And the place Bobby hates to sing the most is in Mass.
Trump divided my family. Viceland helped bring us back together.
The greatest gift parents can offer their children is the space to allow them to become fully themselves.
Pope Francis didn’t slow down in 2016 (and it doesn’t look like 2017 will be different)
Though he turned 80 a couple of weeks ago, Pope Francis did not slow down in 2016.
America’s ten best reviewed books of 2016
What books made the reader a better person when he or she turned the final page?
Putting a ‘sacramental imagination into folk music’
Singer and songwriter Alanna Boudreau discusses how Catholicism influences her music.
Rooting for the underdog is easy. God asks us to do more.
Accompaniment, unlike charity, can’t be done from a distance.
When grief sneaks up on you in the grocery store
My parents found ways to make each other miserable towards the end of their marriage, but they also had times of deep love.
