For a place known for its peace and quiet, Linwood was busy with plenty of conversation and action.
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Fear, faith and fishing: Confessions of a Jesuit angler
Fishing teaches us that we are not in control.
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Why my Dominican grandfather makes me proud to be an American
My Dominican grandfather was as American as McDonald’s apple pie.
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How the U.S. Bicentennial wagon train almost got me fired
For our small town, the Bicentennial Wagon Train was a big deal. It would be a cavalcade of horse-drawn covered wagons originating in California, Washington, Nevada, Montana, Colorado, and other states where the wagon trains of old had ended their pioneering journeys.
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What becoming a father taught me about God
My daughter’s birth taught me more about creation and love than the words “ex nihilo” ever did.
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The Artemis II astronauts remind us: We are all God’s crew on Earth
By the grace of God, we belong to this Earth, and the Earth’s care belongs to us.
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The image of a jealous God used to confuse me. Here’s how I think about it now.
A jealous God? Had I heard the words right? But how could such a thing be? Wasn’t the good Lord above all such petty things as jealousy?
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Why ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ is Pope Leo’s most important action on synodality yet
Leo tells us the the church must bear witness to its own social teaching by becoming a more synodal church.
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When it comes to A.I., the kids (may) be alright
It is also easy to boo huge, faceless forces inexorably inserting A.I. into every facet of our lives against our will. It is harder to reject it when it is something less global but which we actually have the power to reject.
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How language connects (or fails) us: A Pentecost story
In the spirit of Pentecost, I want to tell you a story about language—and about mistakes.