Celtic Christian spirituality refers to a set of practices and beliefs in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales that developed in the early fifth century during the...
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“Loving our own children is an exercise for the imagination,” writes Andrew Solomon, psychologist and author of Far From the Tree, a book recently adapted into...
I’m bone tired of it, as you are. This persistent season of betrayal and reproach under which our church currently labors. Relentless revelations of clergy...
We went out to dinner recently with a family whose son, Jonah, was celebrating his 14th birthday. After checking with his parents whether it would be all right...
A few years ago, I applied for a job I really wanted. It was in a field in which I had years of experience and with an employer I liked. Plus I knew someone...
The memory shared in many elementary school classrooms goes something like this: One day, after a long shift at work, an exhausted Rosa Parks sat down on a...
Anyone who has trouble grasping the notion that human nature is simultaneously divine and depraved just doesn’t know enough about the history of the popular...
Jesus came with them to Gethsemane and said to his disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” He took along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and...
Jean Vanier offers a simple summary of the purpose of the small community he began in 1964: “The secret of L’Arche is relationship: meeting people heart to...
Bishop Earl Boyea of the Diocese of Lansing, Michigan calls Father Tom Firestone “the pope of Flint.” The nickname started in 2015 when Bishop Boyea merged the...
