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.
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I volunteered at a summer camp for kids with disabilities—here’s what I learned about real freedom
I used to think that relying upon others somehow betrayed weakness. That changed when I worked at this camp.
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A better way to teach teenage boys about the Virgin Mary
Talking about Mary at an all-boys Jesuit high school isn’t easy. But art helps.
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Maybe it’s time to rethink how we do confession
If you could confess in a small group or online, would you do it?
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God hates divorce. But God doesn’t hate divorced people.
I thought I had the perfect Catholic fairy tale: Meet and a date a former seminarian. Seven months after I got married, my world was utterly shattered.
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I pardoned a convict who killed again. Here’s why I still believe in mercy.
Having so often petitioned a gracious God for the blessing of mercy, how could I deny it to others?
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A journey through the Holy Land with Catholic novelist Ron Hansen
Why Ron Hansen will never read the Gospels the same.