Christopher’s death gave five people the chance to live.
Health and Wellness
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
‘Heal the Living’ and the miracle of organ donation
There is hardly a religious word in all of “Heal the Living,” but the film doesn’t need them.
Posted inJesuitical, Politics & Society
Feels like I got hit by a truck. Literally. Jesuitical Ep. 7
You’ve probably said it. You wake up—head pounding, body sore. “I feel like I got hit by a truck.” Well, Katie McKenna actually got run over by a truck. An 18-wheeler to be exact. This week on jesuitical, we talk with Katie about her aptly named memoir How to Get Run Over by a Truck. […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
‘Call the Midwife’ on PBS shows the beauty of serving others
One of the most compassionate shows on television, “Call the Midwife,” returns this Sunday, April 2, for its sixth season.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Father Greg Boyle: I thought I could “save” gang members. I was wrong.
Me wanting a gang member to have a different life would never be the same as that gang member wanting to have one.
Posted inArts & Culture, Short Take
Jesus left us, and so did Richard Simmons. We’d better get used to it.
Facing one’s clinginess, having to let go—it’s the last lesson, the real revelation of the ascension.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Confessions of a Porn-Addicted Priest
How loneliness and self-deception led me to rock bottom, and how God’s grace saved me.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Lonely City: How I learned to be with myself in New York
I will trade “a city that never sleeps” for a city where people sleep soundly knowing that they are not alone.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
My daughter has a disability. I don’t want Jesus to ‘fix’ her.
On the subject of disability, I found a Jesus that is, frankly, disappointing.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
‘The poor will always be with us’ is no excuse to cut Medicaid.
Jesus’ words are not a commentary on state welfare.