Perhaps the best way to define courage is to live it.
Spirituality
Posted inFaith, In All Things
This is the day I will remember as the day I finally broke up with my parish.
We’ve been together for decades, but I’ve finally broken up with my parish.
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Good Word
Why we should want Trump to lead like a king—in the biblical sense
A king, like a president, is more than a politician. He must be a shepherd, one who leads by trust.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Is Mr. Blue’s call to look deeply inward and compassionately outward relevant today?
Mr. Blue’s relevance endures because of its call to look deeply inward and compassionately outward.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Growing up with my boys at Mass
Sometimes they would rustle and fidget impatiently in the pews and fiddle with missals and fold the parish newsletter into ships and trumpets.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The death of Socrates—ritual sacrifice or deliberate rebellion?
In this most classic of philosophical tales, Socrates dies a death that has been the subject of so much speculation and controversy.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
A Shrine for the Year of Mercy
Mary is always shining in her window, watching over the street below. I have grown grateful for this rarefied presence, respectful and inclined toward pious feelings when I pass.
Posted inFaith, Of Many Things
Buying my first house made me rethink what Pope Francis means by a “common home”
Pope Francis reminds us to challenge ourselves to each day give of ourselves and not to count the cost.
Posted inOf Other Things, Politics & Society
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
Posted inColumns, Faith
When I converted to Catholicism, I didn’t realize I had to become a certain ‘type’ of Catholic
I had a lot to learn in order to pass for a Roman Catholic.