What your kids get from Mass—even when they’re not listening

by Simcha Fisher September 21, 2017

Everybody feels like they’re no good at least some of the time. Everybody feels, at some point, like no one is listening. But in Christ, everything good, true and beautiful is worth expressing, even if no one seems to hear.

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My daughter died by suicide 14 years ago. This is what I’ve learned.

by Tom Smith September 21, 2017

I no longer say she committed suicide, because she did not commit a sin or a crime.

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Looking for God while moving into a new house that doesn’t feel like home

by Tim J. Myers September 20, 2017

You move into a new house, and of course, it’s a hell of a lot of work.

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A theology of trash: What I learned during my summer as a garbage man

by Nick Ripatrazone September 20, 2017

There is only so much room—in our houses, in our hearts. At some point, we have got to let go.

Sister Simone Campbell, executive director of Network, appears with the Nuns on the Bus campaign in Washington Sept. 22, 2015. (CNS photo/Lisa Johnston, St. Louis Review)

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Sister Simone Campbell: The dangers of becoming a “celebrity nun”

by Simone Campbell, S.S.S. September 19, 2017

Is my hunger for publicity closing the door to a contemplative life?

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A Lutheran’s love letter to Pope Francis

by Aana Marie Vigen September 19, 2017

Perhaps it is an odd moment for Lutheran fan mail. Yet, ever since you became the Bishop of Rome in 2013, I have become increasingly convinced that you are the pope that Luther was looking for 500 years ago. Here are four reasons why.