When I entered the office of a dear colleague recently, he had a poster set up on an easel. The school was promoting virtues on homemade posters, rather than...
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Water parks, swirling cameras, gospel choirs, mink coats, televangelists, and, at the center of it all, Tammy Faye. When the PTL (short for “Praise the Lord”)...
Readings (Year C): Isaiah 62:1–5Psalm 96:1–3, 7–101 Corinthians 12:4–11John 2:1–11 Reflection: Everyday miracles Awards season will soon be upon us—and if the...
A piece of wisdom that both my parents and in-laws infused in my wife and me is the paradox of choice: You are free to choose, but you are not free from the...
The Defiant Middle By Kaya Oakes (Broadleaf Books, 2021) Jane Goodall once said, “It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why...
When I got up Sunday morning, December 30, 2018, I wasn’t ready for an adventure. I was staying in the guesthouse of the Arua, Uganda diocesan radio station...
The events of recent history that have coincided with the early years of my kids’ lives have one consistent and persistent quality: their capacity to unnerve...
Readings (Year C): Isaiah 42:1–4, 6–7Psalm 29:1–4, 9–10Acts 10:34–38Luke 3:15–16, 21–22 Reflection: Share in the work of God On Holy Saturday, adults wearing...
Partially nude bikini shot? #Blessed. Christmas card professional photoshoot where the laughing family wearing matching chambray shirts is piled on a couch in...
En 1980, en medio de una guerra financiada por Estados Unidos que la Comisión de la Verdad de la ONU calificó de genocida, el arzobispo Óscar Romero, que...