In my unofficial survey of mothers, not a single mother mentioned gifts as part of a perfect Mother’s Day.
Spirituality
Posted inFaith, Short Take
What might Pope Francis think about ‘The Benedict Option?’ A new talk gives clues.
A new talk by the pope, as well as “Evangelii Gaudium,” gives clues to his thinking about the thesis of a new book by Rod Dreher.
Posted inFaith, Your Take
What is the biggest obstacle to forming stable families?
“Once marriage is redefined as a personal instead of a social institution, it makes no sense to stick it out through even moderately bad times.”
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
How pro-choice activists (inadvertently) converted me to the pro-life cause
My conversion to the pro-life cause began, strangely enough, when I took part in a pro-choice march.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
How do you recognize the voice of Christ? It’s all in ‘The Shoop Shoop Song.’
“It’s in his kiss.” A kiss takes two. When you see how different the other is and yet are drawn in, Christ is calling.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Spirituality that makes sense
in ‘The Virgin Eye,’ Robin Daniels shares spiritual wisdom wherever he finds it.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
“The disabled body is the whole body”: Lessons from parenting a child with a disability.
On this episode of “America This Week” Tim Reidy and Kerry Weber talk about the challenges, both big and small, faced by Christians beginning new stages in life. Two America articles— Tracey Wigfield’s “A Sorta Catholic’s Very Catholic Wedding” and Heather Kirn Lanier’s “My daughter has a disability. I don’t want Jesus to fix her”—provide […]
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
The last suppers of Jesus Christ and Ledell Lee
To take Holy Communion in the face of death is to say that it is fellowship, and not food, that matters most.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
What does it mean to be a Christian rapper? A conversation with Sho Baraka
Christian rapper Sho Baraka makes his faith a part of his art, but he doesn’t proselytize.
Posted inFaith, The Word
Show Us the Father
If we model our life on Christ, not only will we be fulfilling God’s will, we will become the kind of humans God has always dreamt of.