Most writers walk a fine line between stealing from life and exploiting life.
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The startling prayer life of Søren Kierkegaard
“The function of prayer is not to influence God,” Kierkegaard said, “but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
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Why Lent can be a dangerous time when you’re recovering from an eating disorder
Lent is not the time for hating my body or ignoring it or making it suffer for things that I have done, no matter what the voice of my eating disorder says.
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You don’t need to travel to Europe to go on pilgrimage. Our Lady came to Wisconsin, too.
A Jesuit finds God in the familiar on the Wisconsin Way
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What the New York Encounter taught me about faith, art and friendship
Jesus did not always tell people who he was; he told them to come and see for themselves. It is the same way the church spread in the early centuries: by attraction.
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Excerpts from the prayer life of a cancer patient
I have stopped praying for years at a time. I started praying again not because I think God wants me to but because prayer turns me into one kind of person and no prayer turns me into a different kind of person.
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My black Catholic church was closed in the name of integration
I still feel the pain of what occurred more than 50 years ago, but the church—our church—has asked for forgiveness. I will give it another chance.
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I survived sex trafficking. Now, prayer is helping me heal
Being able to experience God through prayer has changed my life. I have learned to respond with love instead of lashing back; I have learned my worth and strength; I have learned to not allow negativity back into my life.
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A (Complicated) Prayer for Kobe
Feelings are not political agendas and many of these celebrities are intertwined in our memories in ways that bypass our frontal cortex.
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My mother was a pro-life activist. She showed me if you’re wounding people, you are doing it wrong
Every single abortion represents a massive failure toward some particular woman.