There’s more to St. Patrick than shamrocks and beer How a teen of Roman nobility became Ireland‘s ‘Holy Boy.’ How St. Patrick changed Ireland—and the church We...
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One of the attorneys where I work is Black and a father of three children; his oldest son is 11. My colleague and his wife take care to limit their children’s...
It’s Lent again. The anniversary of pandemic. It was this time last year that Petey came into my life unbidden. She left the same way. Coming and going, this...
Years of prayer on the land kindled a fire in St. Patrick. He escaped from Irish captivity back to the Roman Empire of his birth, only to be shown by the Voice...
Readings (Year B) Jeremiah 31:31-34Psalm 51:3-4, 12-15Hebrews 5:7-9John 12:20-33 Reflection: Change our hearts Change our hearts this time,Your word says it...
It was the early 2000s. The stories of sexual abuse by the Catholic clergy were making headlines everywhere and over and over again. Horrifying stories of the...
Black Lives Matter. In 2013 Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi crafted the phrase. It was a cry, a protest, and a new way of political organizing...
I write this in the month of January, at the turn of the calendar and the beginning of a new year. When you read this, we will be in the beginnings of new...
Parents with more than one child know this already: Babies show up with personalities, differences, and strong attitudes toward broccoli, music, and siblings...
On a crisp mid-September morning, the last high clouds are burning off to reveal clear blue sky above the dewy fields. The air smells of the wet earth...