This week on The Gloria Purvis Podcast, Gloria speaks with Dr. Meg Chisolm, a Catholic psychiatrist, about mental illness and how should people of faith treat it.
Health and Wellness
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The grace of growing old
It is easy to think of older people as always having existed in their current condition. Does it make us feel younger to think that way? More superior? Perhaps we hope it holds our own mortality at bay.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Baking, gardening and puppies: A guide to the comfort watching you need this holiday season
My go-to for holiday comfort is generally British TV shows. Any TV trip to the U.K. feels instantly like a vacation.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
‘Longest Night’ services bring comfort to Catholics dealing with loss this Christmas season
Coinciding with the winter solstice, the Longest Night is a prayer service aimed at offering comfort to people who struggle with the in-your-face, over-the-top joy sometimes demanded during the Christmas season.
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Mercy was essential for my mental health journey. Now I want to pass it on to others.
Trying to be a perfect Christian can be taken too far.
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Lizzo’s theology of the body
When you have thoroughly internalized the idea that you ought to be taking up less space than you do, Lizzo is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Emmy nominee ‘Severance’ explores how we handle grief in a world obsessed with productivity
‘Severance’ critiques the faceless American company, for whom workers are interchangeable cogs and poor mental health is the collateral damage of productivity.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Clean eating and self-care are no substitute for confession
The wellness industry is redefining purity as a form of escapism from one’s own moral impurity. Diet has become a substitute for a genuine attempt to be a better person.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The secret to aging—physically and spiritually—with grace
Walking the walk has always been my metaphor of choice for growing closer to God, for following the path to a sturdier faith, for keeping my feet on holy ground. Who am I if I am unable to walk?
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
How old is too old to lead? Joe Biden and Pope Francis have people asking.
Pope Francis, 85, and U.S. President Joseph Biden, 79, have engaged questions about their age and capacity to lead differently, offering clues about their leadership styles and priorities.