Let grief refine you into a person of hope
In the five months since the passing of my father, I’ve come to learn that grief is a process of searching. It is searching through photos on my computer for…
In the five months since the passing of my father, I’ve come to learn that grief is a process of searching. It is searching through photos on my computer for…
“Oh, I just love how inclusive you are!” It felt like a punch to the gut. It was Christmas and I had been given a chance to say something about…
“You are dust, and to dust you shall return” (Gn 3:19). These words, often heard on Ash Wednesday, were originally spoken by God to Adam after Adam ate the forbidden…
When I think of Lent, I think of self-denial, misery and general suffering often made manifest in cold showers and dessert-less meals. After the indulgence of the Christmas season, and…
Every year when Lent rolls around, we find ourselves facing the same question: “What should I do to live this season well?” In Stephen Covey’s famed book “The 7 Habits…
Minds wander, and mine was doing such a thing one day when it struck me that Cinderella sets forth a perfect little parable for the kingdom of heaven. Perhaps the…
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year” I once relayed to my classes on Ash Wednesday. Not surprisingly, my students met my remark with questions, less-than enthusiastic responses, and…
In a world that insists on defining things by extremes, it can be challenging to identify the true balance we call virtue. Virtue is defined by the Catechism of the…
Years ago, during a specific season of anxiety and other struggles, I sought out the grace of God by going to confession. There, I told the priest the many worries…
For the last few years, our family has chosen a patron saint (or, rather, the patron saint has chosen us) through an online Saint’s Name Generator created by Jennifer Fulwiler….