A group of young people in the Bronx finds that by beautifying an old eyesore, they’ve unleashed a desire to serve their community. David Shuffler walks...
Articles
It’s time to get the petroleum monkey off our backs. I recently looked around me to catalog all the things made from oil. The plastics in and of...
Lent is a good time to ask whether the stuff we hold on to is actually holding us back. Extra Space Storage is the bluntly self-descriptive name of one of many...
Are there different lists of the Ten Commandments? So much is debated about the Bible that you’d hope when it comes to the Ten Commandments, at least, you’re...
Think and Act Anew By Father Larry Snyder (Orbis, 2010) “If you give a man a fish you feed him for a day,” goes the old saying, “but if you teach him to fish...
Hollywood celebrates the best in film from the past year with the Academy Awards show this weekend. What were your favorite movies of the year? Share your...
What do gangsters and ballerinas have in common? A deadly drive, according to the latest dance thriller Black Swan. Black Swan is a movie about the ballet in...
The Fighter Directed by David O. Russell (Paramount, 2010) Boxing films are invariably tales of lion-hearted toughs from the wrong side of the tracks...
It seems that a lot of parishes are starting to have adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, either as a regular practice or just on occasion. Is this something...
City of Refuge Abigail Washburn (Rounder Records, 2011) The banjo is the most American of instruments, arriving with the slaves from West Africa but quickly...
