The way a presider celebrates Mass can illuminate the congregation’s experience of liturgy.
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The great message of ‘Our Town’: Nostalgia and regret come with age. So do grace and compassion.
Good theater draws us into its few hours of seeming reality, but it is most effective when it speaks to our lived reality.
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Christmas homily: Celebrating the God who pitches his tent with us
In our celebration of Christmas, followers of Christ are invited out of our comfortable abodes to pitch our tent with the most vulnerable and needy in our communities.
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Six New Year’s Resolutions Inspired by the Synod
As many of us set resolutions for the new year, it may be wise to look to the synod for inspiration.
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My wheelchair confines me. But it also liberates me.
Where my disability was once restrictive, I now see it as liberating and redemptive.
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How Hallmark Christmas movies help me process grief
Hallmark movies are inherently a part of the Christmas season and remind viewers over and over that it’s possible to find love after grief.
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7 tips to make running a spiritual discipline
Both running and our spiritual lives teach us to start small, embrace imperfection and recognize progress over time.
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100-Word Faith Stories: (Very) short essays about unexpectedly experiencing God in the world today
These (very) short essays about unexpectedly experiencing God in the world today include stories of perseverance, love and gratitude.
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What is a dad’s role in the delivery room?
What does a dad “do” during the birth of his child? I went to St. Joseph for help.
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My family’s Nativity scene is imperfect and broken. But I like it that way.
Each year we lose or break a figure in our Nativity scene, but the beauty of this family tradition lies in its brokenness.