As 2022 begins, despite strong desires to move on, the world still finds itself mired in pandemics. The fall semester was one of stark juxtaposition. On my...
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This is the second time I will experience the Advent season as a pregnant woman. An app that tracks pregnancy just told me that we are entering my 25th week...
I was 22 years old, wide eyed and earnest in the pew, when I first heard my pastor commission all the parents in the church to teach their children to obey...
Persignarnos es un gesto que dice, de forma abreviada, que una persona es católica. Aparece como un icono en la cultura popular, y como gesto se esparce a lo...
It happens every year. The opening chords of Vince Guaraldi’s “O Tannenbaum” surprise me in a coffee shop or store. Notes dance around like falling snow and...
Readings (Year C) Zephaniah 3:14–18Isaiah 12:2–6Philippians 4:4–7Luke 3:10–18 Reflection: The world transformed “I Won’t Complain,” a song popularized in the...
It’s trendy to talk about faith as something that exists in competition with culture. But what if instead of engaging in culture wars, we flipped the script...
Got a burning question? Click here to Ask an Apostle. Q: My mom includes what I call a “brag letter” in her Christmas cards. I find this so...
Wholly God’s: Poems By Philip C. Kolin (Wind & Water Press, 2021) It has been said that the Eucharist is the most perfect metaphor because it is the only...
As a child, my siblings and I eagerly anticipated Christmas. Poring through the Sears catalogue, we wrote our letters to Santa and composed our lists to give...
