“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.
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Confessions of a guitar-Mass Catholic
“I found God’s grace in artists like Bob Dylan and the Beatles.”
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On fatherhood, selective service and a space for nonviolence
On fatherhood, selective service and a space for nonviolence
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When Elie Wiesel met François Mauriac
By doing justice to the “other half of the story,” we Christians honor our moral obligation to the Jewish people.
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What I learned from working at the L’Arche community that Pope Francis visited
“Our eyes may be for judging, but our hearts are for knowing.”
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How a mother’s death taught me to appreciate my past
There is a need to pass on the things that meant something to us.