December 2022
VOL. 87, NO. 12
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Features
Columns
THE EXAMINED LIFE
Parenting skills
BY EMILY SANNA
Comparison is the thief of joy.
CULTURE IN CONTEXT
Love your neigh-bor
BY PAMELA HILL NETTLETON
For all its family-friendly wholesomeness, Heartland does not sidestep the realities of life.
SALT & LIGHT
Gathering gloom
BY FATHER BRYAN MASSINGALE
The Christmas feast is not a time for glossing over the tragedy of life.
MARGIN NOTES
Can it be?
BY KEVIN CLARKE
This Christmas, the Prince of Peace has his work cut out for him.
TESTAMENTS
Be my guest
BY ALICE CAMILLE
Scripture offers meaningful lessons for how to offer hospitality this holiday season.
GLAD YOU ASKED
Practicing Catholic
Comfort food
BY VIVIAN CABRERA
Making tamales celebrates faith, family, and tradition.
Essays
Between the notes
BY MICHAEL E. DESANCTIS
Yo-Yo Ma teaches us the art of generosity.
Christmas presence
BY FATHER FERDINAND OKORIE, C.M.F.
Christmas is a time for visitations, both human and divine.
Sounding Board
Heaven and nature sing
BY JOHN T. KYLER
Should Christmas music reflect the solemnity of the season?
Expert Witness
The Advent of resistance
An interview with Kelley Nikondeha
Understanding the first Advent can enrich our theology of liberation, says this biblical scholar.
Home Faith
Petals in your pocket
BY MATT PAOLELLI
Sometimes your greatest blessings feel like your biggest problems.
