What is to keep any movement or ideology from claiming the authority of the Spirit?
Spirituality
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
What is belief? Discussing ‘American Gods’ episode 3
Is belief still alive in America? What do we mean when we say “I believe in God” or “I believe in America”? This week’s episode of “American Gods” is a great place to start.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
A re-appreciation of Julian of Norwich’s ‘gospel of love’
‘Shewings’ is the first book ever written by a woman in the English language.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Wading through the strangeness of ‘American Gods’ episode 2
Each week we are gathering four super fans of the show “American Gods”—two Jesuits and two Jesuit grads—to discuss some of the themes and pull out the central questions.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
What writing about our parents can tell us about God
To profess that Jesus was truly human is to insist that he grew as we do.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Where is home? It’s a haunting question for both refugees and Christians.
Like so many others in the French capital region, I have the air of a foreigner.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Under the Gaze of Dorothy Day: Living with my grandmother’s faith
My grandmother, Dorothy Day, believed that to lose one’s faith was the greatest sadness.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What your mom wants (and doesn’t want) this Mother’s Day
In my unofficial survey of mothers, not a single mother mentioned gifts as part of a perfect Mother’s Day.
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.”