Cambridge MA My impression from the Catholic press and the debates that make the news is that many people assume that theology is just a matter of expressing opinions liberal or conservative loyal or dissident about how things should be in the Church Everyone jumps up with opinions theology

A balance of solitude and community makes for a good spiritual place to be I live in a closely-knit family which I treasure but I know that I am not centered if I never spend any time alone with God Conversely I know people who believe that one-on-one time is enough that a thoughtful walk in t

I am posting early because as you read this Friday morning I will be somewhere on that great American nightmare known as I-95 It is still early in the season of course but in another month I-95 will take up its summer job and become a parking lot of stalled traffic all along the Northeast Corri

Just wanted to remind our readers always to be on the lookout at our Books and Culture section for plenty of online only content that we will be posting on a regular basis nbsp We re always limited in terms of page space in the magazine and sometimes it s hard to turn around time-sensitive a

Everywhere I look this week all I hear about is Susan Boyle the British woman who wowed the judges of Britian s Got Talent with her performance of I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables nbsp She s got a great voice a nice story and a wonderfully pleasant funny personality nbsp But that s

John Perry a Candian Jesuit who teaches in Liberia sends along this report from Decoration Day in the country s interior The second Wednesday of March is a national holiday in Liberia It is called ldquo Decoration Day rdquo and Liberians spend the day refurbishing the graves of deceased family