“Moonlight” is a heartbreaking meditation on suffering and the boundless ache for connection.
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I took a group of high school students to prison to meet people their age. Here’s what I saw.
The detainees don’t often get asked for their prayers.
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A recipe for recovering from a bruising election.
The last year has been a difficult one indeed, particularly for those who are in any way concerned about political life in the United States. As I write this column, the election has not yet taken place, though we are close to Election Day and early voting is already underway in many parts of the co
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Why your digital life really isn’t that exciting.
In a midtown subway station four silent women, bent over their smartphones, texted or read while an unconscious ragged man sprawled helpless at their feet. I checked to see if he was dead.
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Praying with Bruce Springsteen
Helpless Catholic that I am, I have a confession to make. I am a Bruce Springsteen devotee.
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Our nation’s greatest contribution to religious thought is Alcoholics Anonymous
The genius of A.A. is that it is a proto-religious fellowship in which people in desperate need somehow rediscover the fire of a foundational miracle.
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Welcome to the Boogie Down: A review of Netflix’s “The Get Down”
if you’ve ever wondered about the origins of hip-hop and the Bronx, “The Get Down” is a great starting point.
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Believe it or not, St. Francis wasn’t always a saint.
Being a saint isn’t being without sin.
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In Defense of Suffering
Have we become tone deaf to the concept of sacrifice and suffering?
