When I first started dating my husband, I hated sitting next to him at Mass. His leg was constantly bouncing, shaking the pew and distracting me from what was...
Family
As our 10th wedding anniversary approached, my wife, Theresa, and I hatched a plan to celebrate. We would ask my parents and brothers to watch our four young...
Around 2 a.m. on November 6, once it was clear what the election outcome would be, I finally went to sleep. It was not a restful night. Every time I woke up, I...
The statistics about young people’s participation in the American church look bleak. When we look at Christian young people under 30 especially, they are far...
Growing up, Rozella Apel-Hernández had dozens of nonbiological aunts and uncles. Apel-Hernández, now 24, was born and raised at Beatitude House Catholic Worker...
Why are some given the chance to grandparent? Maybe to grow closer to God later in life, or so God can use this time to transform us. The most cantankerous...
Indignation is not an emotion I expect to experience during a homily. Inspiration, interest, contemplation, and even occasionally boredom, sure. But the urge...
When my child started at a Montessori school last fall, my husband and I giggled at some of the rules they expected toddlers between the ages of 18 months and...
The grief around weaning all four of my children still echoes in my heart to this day. To know that perhaps never again will my body be capable of giving life...
“You know, it’s not meant to be a reciprocal relationship,” I told the client who was sitting across from me in my psychotherapy office. He’d been lamenting...
