St. Augustine was an African man. For many years, I didn’t appreciate the magnitude of this because his African identity was usually muted in favor of...
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SOS SZA (Top Dawg Entertainment/RCA, 2023) SOS, SZA’s 23-track, Billboard-charting sophomore album, begins with the beeping of a morse code distress signal...
“What is truth?” Pontius Pilate famously asked of Jesus. It’s a fair question, especially in our present media environment where facts have become increasingly...
What if our theology came not from academics and church hierarchy, but from our very own family histories? Yolanda Pierce is a theologian, author, and dean of...
When Sharon Lavigne was growing up in St. James Parish, Louisiana, her family had a garden and fruit trees. They had livestock, chickens, and fresh eggs. The...
Does FTX mean anything to you? Maybe it depends on your age. I wondered what it was when I started seeing its logo prominently displayed on baseball umpires...
Readings (Year A): Acts 2:14a, 36 – 41Psalms 23: 1 – 3a, 3b4, 5, 61 Peter 2:20b – 25John 10:1 – 10 Reflection: How can we be church in...
Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify Many Catholics, as well as Christians from other denominations, have a habit of talking about God as though God were...
What is it about an inquisitive little wooden puppet that dreams of “being a real boy” that pulls at our heartstrings? Is it his innocent wonder at the world...
In his 2018 apostolic exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad), Pope Francis speaks of the holiness God bestows on ordinary people—parents...
