Being single can become the freedom to give myself away in love in ways I hadn’t imagined.
Spirituality
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton react to Mother Teresa’s canonization
Trump praised the saint’s “amazing life of charity and holiness” and Clinton recalled her work with the founder of the Missionaries of Charity.
Posted inFaith
The Catholic school system as we know it must change
We need to develop a new model for providing Catholic elementary school education.
Posted inPolitics & Society
The (mostly) secret faith life of Hillary Clinton
“I am a person of faith. I am a Christian. I am a Methodist.” Unpacking these assertions sheds light on a rarely talked about dimension of Hillary Clinton.
Posted inPolitics & Society
How gravitational waves show that science is a gateway to beauty and contemplation
The most fundamental motivation of science is the human desire for contemplation.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Why we need purgatory
Pastoral care re-imagined in light of purgatory can bring our world much needed healing and communion.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
I didn’t think this election could get crazier. Then I Googled each candidate and ‘Jesuit.’
There must be someone pulling the strings, right?
Posted inFaith, Of Other Things
Growing into an adult understanding of God
I believe in a God who speaks to us as adults through beauty and truth.
Posted inFaith
25 percent of US Christians believe in reincarnation. What’s wrong with this picture?
One cannot claim to believe in reincarnation without compromising key tenets of Christian faith.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Finding God in Cancer
“Just live today. Don’t bother thinking about tomorrow, or yesterday. Focus on just one day.”