When I was pregnant for the first time, my husband and I lived on the edge of the world in Big Sur, California. We spent hours hiking the beaches, cliffs, and...
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We like to think that there are deep, internal, and existential reasons why people convert, but Stacy Davis, professor of religious studies and theology at...
Envy is one of the dread seven deadlies, and like decent folk everywhere I’m squarely against it. But I’m not sure envy is the right descriptive for the...
Readings Acts of the Apostles 2:1–11Psalm 104:1, 24, 29–30, 31, 341 Corinthians 12:3b–7, 12–13 or Galatians 5:16–25John 20:19–23 or 15:26–27; 16:12–15...
When a young woman in an Alabama parish heard that the Jesuits of St. Louis were organizing a solidarity stand vigil, she was inspired to arrange something...
A creak in the old floorboard announces my presence. The blue-haired cashier twists from her perch behind the counter as I enter the co-op. Her young eyes warm...
“Good book. Did you know he was Catholic?” You never know what questions will mark you for life, but there was no doubting the impact of this one. I had just...
Thomas Jefferson promoted a rather surprising idea: the need for a healthy society to make generous room for ongoing dissatisfaction. A nation’s Founding...
Social media has been getting a lot of criticism lately. From the revelations about social media platforms’ addictive design in Netflix’s The Social Dilemma to...
Readings Acts of the Apostles 1:1–11Psalm 47:2–3, 6–7, 8–9 Ephesians 1:17–23Mark 16:15–20 Reflection: Gifts of the Spirit A great joy in my work as a...
