Reproductive Justice and the Catholic Church By Emily Reimer-Barry (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024) The first time I became uncomfortable with pro-life...
Author - Michelle Arnold
Robed figures carrying lighted candles process into a darkened cathedral, followed by a man vested in cope and miter. Chant and a tolling bell fill the grim...
Judaism Is About Love by Shai Held (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024) Some years ago, I took classes in Judaism. One day, the rabbi talked about differences...
The church can take a long time to approve a Marian apparition. In 2010, when Bishop David Ricken of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, announced the...
(R)evolutionary Hope By Kathleen Bonnette (Cascade Books, 2023) In his Confessions, St. Augustine famously asks, “What do I love when I love my God?” It seems...
Some years back, I watched a discussion unfold on social media about the devil. A Catholic woman anxiously asked her friends for prayers that could be used to...
American Catholics sometimes feel conflicted about Halloween. The very name is a contraction for “All Hallows Evening,” but somehow a Christian vigil for the...
Dear Mama God By Daneen Akers (Watchfire Media, Inc., 2023) Children’s books that include feminine images of God are hard to find. This is one of the many...
Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution By Rainn Wilson (Hachette Go, 2023) Actor Rainn Wilson’s quarantine project was a book he says he’d been wanting...
