The truth is that there was nothing wrong with my first wife when we got married. And there was nothing wrong with me. I don’t need to offer up witnesses, and my privacy, to prove otherwise.
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I’m a Jesuit and I am not an alcoholic. But I go to 12-step meetings.
My dad was and is an alcoholic. Al-Anon gives me a framework for naming my situation, taking responsibility for my actions and making changes so that I can live a (more) emotionally sober life.
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Sarcasm is rarely ever just teasing. More often than not, it hurts.
Can we ultimately trust the smirking ones in our midst, the sarcastic with a clever quip for our every move, for each vulnerable moment?
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Resolving to pray more in the New Year? Here are 5 tips for following through.
A hint from Father James Martin: Start with just 15 minutes a day.
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Christmas 2021 was a dumpster fire. Can we still find beauty in it?
Worst. Christmas. Ever.
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Volunteer, stop judging and get off Twitter: 8 New Year’s Resolutions Inspired by Pope Francis
Ready or not, the new year is here — and with it our annual opportunity to take stock and set goals, with a little help from Pope Francis.
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We need new ways of telling Jesus’ birth story to our children—and to ourselves
I wanted children to hear the story of the nativity through the eyes of a child, not the experience of an adult. And so the character of Leah began to take flight in my imagination; I wanted my young readers to see the first Christmas through her eyes.
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I worked at an Amazon warehouse. It taught me about Christmas and being alone.
I was one of thousands of disconnected people working in the background, in order to deliver packages that are supposed to make us feel somehow more connected.
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Towns are ‘arresting’ The Grinch to save Christmas. They’re missing the point of the story (and the season)
This Christmas season brought a new trend: arresting the Grinch.
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The Catholic Guide of Dos and Don’ts for Christmas Mass
Our return to an in-person celebration of the birth of Jesus is also an opportunity to think about how we have done Christmas in the past—and perhaps even make some adjustments.