It’s been over two years since abduction of close to 300 schoolgirls by Boko Haram.
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The Life Of Mae: Finding love in an unexpected place
I think of a line in Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov: “And if two of you are together, then there is a whole world, a world of living love.”
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My (accidental) year in Section 8 housing
“My quiet time in the mildew downstairs yielded this thought: it was simply time for me to live with the poor.”
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Why we need purgatory
Pastoral care re-imagined in light of purgatory can bring our world much needed healing and communion.
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Did Jesus get ‘hangry’?
The Christos, for a skinny guy, sure was interested in good things to eat.
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Aging With Ignatius: Applying the Spiritual Exercises in the later stages of life
The Exercises are about seeing, loving and following Jesus.
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A Restless Heart: Writing my way through uncertainty
What do I want to write? Which is the right idea? What gets noticed? What resonates?
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Holy Daze: Coming to terms with our complicated obligations
Why are some holy days not days of obligation, and vice versa?
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The Mystery of Sadness: Coping with a sudden loss
The day my niece died grammar was nearly salvific to me.
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Discovering God on the U.S.-Mexico border
God had surprised me with an invitation I had never anticipated.