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.
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A Catholic guide to making—and sticking to—your New Year’s resolution
Want to keep your New Year’s resolution? Try going to confession—and therapy.
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The perfect imperfections of a children’s Nativity pageant
I don’t imagine sheep making funny faces while being too shy to “baa” on that very first Christmas, but it’s the imperfections in our retelling of the very human story of Christ’s birth that make our play so perfect.
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‘Maybe Christmas will stop the war’: A child’s hope and other scenes from Bethlehem
This year in Bethlehem, we are waiting for a hope that I am not sure I would even be able to believe in anymore, except that it does not entirely depend on us.
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Staying in Gaza as an act of love: Stories from the Catholics who risk their lives to serve
Media headlines often invoke only negative images whenever Gaza is mentioned. Yet just beneath these headlines are inspiring examples of love and faith in humanity.