Prisons don’t solve problems. They create problems.
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I never imagined I would end up in prison, but I wanted to learn
We are inclined to label “wolves,” who are so often the world’s most vulnerable and marginalized.
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Three ways to make decisions like a Jesuit
St. Ignatius suggests three possible intellectual and emotional “times” of one’s life “in any of which a sound and good election can be made.”
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James Martin: The saints seemed so far away. Then I started to climb.
For me, wisdom comes mainly in the form of insights.
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Celebrating scapulars, a neglected item of Catholic devotion
Now even the word “scapular” is a rare sighting, let alone the lovely gentle honest thing itself.
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Bye-bye John McLaughlin, you magnificent beast.
“Whatever one’s feelings about McLaughlin’s politics or rectitude, it is hard to deny his righteous star power.”
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Celibacy at 30 is not just an empty holding pattern
Being single can become the freedom to give myself away in love in ways I hadn’t imagined.
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On the 15th anniversary of 9/11, a prayer for my teenage son
It is in our acts of mercy, not retribution, that we share in the very life of God.
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Godfriends: when your godchild happens to be an adult
“What is unclear is how that role works when your godchild is a fully-formed adult.”
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Sports and Morality: When Death comes to the JV basketball star
Maybe that’s the subconscious appeal of sports: how we might tempt death through a game.