By Jim Wallis (HarperOne, 2008) Jim Wallis' prayers seem to have been answered. In 2005 the founding editor of Sojourners magazine decried the state of...
Author - Heidi Schlumpf
By Kathleen Norris (Riverhead, 2008) Did you know there used to be eight deadly sins? In the era of the Desert Fathers and Mothers, monks called them "bad...
A long line has formed at the information desk at Borders, so I wait my turn behind a student studying her syllabus and a tourist-type, probably looking for a...
What parent doesn't want to make their children's wishes come true at Christmas, to see their little eyes light up as they tear off the wrapping paper...
Mother's day is hard. Baptisms are really hard. Christmas, with all its talk of the birth of baby Jesus, isn't exactly a happy occasion either. Church...
Many Catholics couples struggling with infertility naturally turn to the scriptures for solace. Maybe they shouldn't. Although the Old and New Testaments...
In Burgundy's wine country, young people find peace and perspective on retreat at a monastery in Taize. At first there is fidgeting. And clearing of...
You know Father John Rausch is committed to social justice when even his answering machine message ends with, "God bless, and let's continue to work...
Faith can mean the difference between life and death for victims of domestic violence. Geri had been married for several years to a solid, hard-working man...
New parents often describe childbirth and their part in procreation in religious, almost mystical, terms. It’s a “miracle,”...
