The first step in an evangelizing relationship is that the evangelizer be evangelized.
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President of Strake Jesuit in Houston: ‘Our care for one another seems limitless.’
No one will be surprised to know that our Jesuit family is responding generously.
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A Catholic’s guide to the cross-country family road trip
Three times zones, 17 states and 6,891 highway miles. Could be magic, could be tragic.
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How modern technology helped me teach theology to uninterested college students
I have found that it is unproductive to force theological ideas into the minds of students despite their disinterest.
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Why I taught my kids to call our homeless neighbors ‘Peace Men’
In these women and men I see my sister, myself, my God.
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Saying grace with a tortured prisoner
I wondered if it is because he sees the unseen that his prayer was slower, perhaps more sincere than mine.
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When you’re tempted to be like the Prodigal Son’s older brother, remember this
Christ freely chose to pour out his lifeblood for the salvation of that frivolous young punk, mankind.
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Lessons on mercy from four days in the Rockies with my hiking-averse son
Who was I there for: my son or me?
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The day my kids convinced me to pray for President Trump
The president had become a staple of our family dinner conversations. Then something clicked.
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A trip to the country’s oldest Catholic radio station. Location: Nome, Alaska
KNOM has been broadcasting news, weather and the Mass to Alaskans since 1971.