October 2022
VOL. 87, NO. 10
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Features
Columns
THE EXAMINED LIFE
Under pressure
BY YUNUEN TRUJILLO
Caring for others requires caring for yourself first—it’s what Jesus would do.
CULTURE IN CONTEXT
Across universes
BY JOHN CHRISTMAN
Popular films show us that God is always bigger than we think.
SALT & LIGHT
Good politics
BY MEGHAN J. CLARK
As we approach this year’s election, Catholic social teaching asks us to reflect on what it means to be “a people.”
MARGIN NOTES
No unsolvable problems
BY KEVIN CLARKE
We can’t fight inflation at the expense of the poor.
TESTAMENTS
Crying out loud
BY ALICE CAMILLE
Like the prophet Habakkuk, proclaim both calls for justice and your love for God.
GLAD YOU ASKED
Wise Guides
Changed for good
BY DONNA WHITSON BRETT AND EDWARD T. BRETT
Christian brother James Miller found the sacred in the unexpected.
Essays
Seeking Thomas Merton
BY LESLYE COLVIN
Shared faith can transcend differences and provide true connection.
Best life ever
BY JEAN P. KELLY
On a pilgrimage following Brian Doyle, one writer finds a new capacity for joy.
Sounding Board
Art of darkness
BY JOHN W. FARRELL
Amid pandemic isolation, art provides meaningful consolation.
Expert Witness
A woman’s place is among the apostles
An interview with Helen Bond and Joan Taylor
Women had a bigger role in the New Testament than you might think, say these two historians.
Home Faith
Everyday apocalypse
BY DON CLEMMER
What happens next in life might hurt us—but we will discover amazing things along the way.
