Given the religious and cultural significance of the quinceañera, why did I chose not to celebrate one for my own daughter?

When we say we do not want to live in this time, we are acting more like the priest than like the Samaritan.

My acquaintance with J.R. dates back to when I was a fourth-grade student in Bogenhausen, a suburb of Munich, in the early 1950s.

Newness comes easily for infants, but a Lent practiced with intention provides newness for the rest of us.

There are deeper, underlying commonalities that join the two holidays.

Good Friday may be a somber day, but it does not necessarily have to be a perfectly sober one.