That Jesus died for our sins is so ingrained in Christianity it seems almost absurd to question it. It’s in our creed: “For our sake, he was crucified under...
Author - Heidi Schlumpf
It all comes down to the Resurrection. Twenty centuries of Christianity—and the faith of billions—rest on this singular event. And who is the primary witness...
By Jim Wallis (Brazos Press, 2013) Jim Wallis, the well-known evangelical activist and editor of Sojourners magazine, continues his conversation about religion...
For Rosa Manriquez, it was the Catholic school’s father-daughter dance. For Wendy Diez, it was the e-mail from the preschool teacher addressed to “Mr. and Mrs...
While not all single mothers are financially strapped, the poverty rate for families headed by single mothers, at 42 percent, is almost three times the rate...
Of the many diversions tempting me to miss Sunday Mass, perhaps the greatest is the Sunday morning talk shows. As a self-confessed political junkie, I have...
It’s almost as if Mel Gibson’s The Passion has come to life. In Chicago’s largely Hispanic Pilsen neighborhood, some 7,000 people gather at...
Between Heaven and Mirth By James Martin, SJ (HarperOne, 2011) Perhaps I am not the best person to review this book. Although not completely humorless, I have...
The church requires two miracles before a person can be canonized. Why? A Catholic friar on a plane that made a dramatic emergency landing in Poland last fall...
