I like snakes, which is a good thing, since I’ve encountered a lot of them, often in unexpected places. Most memorable was the black rat snake that got into...
Advent
Get ready for Advent with U.S. Catholic: reflections, practices, and justice-centered insights for the season of hope.
Maybe you haven’t noticed him. Essentially a means to someone else’s ends, Mr. Potter’s anonymous manservant in Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life has a...
A quick survey of headlines offers any number of reasons not to be cheerful this Christmas: A president and a White House deputy who appear to not like America...
In September 2022, my wife and I started trying to have a baby. We were sure that we would be pregnant within a few months, and have a child within the year...
The season of Advent can be a time of hope and joy, as we look forward to Christ’s coming. But it can also be a time of anxiety, grief, fear, and even anger...
A time traveler to Europe’s Early Middle Ages might be startled by what they found if they landed there in mid-December. No jolly good cheer, no feasts, no...
A voice cries out:In the desert prepare the way of the LORD!Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God!Every valley shall be filled in,every mountain...
In 2022, the governor of Texas and other federal agencies stepped up their efforts to address the increase in U.S. border crossings by Central and South...
The Advent calendar is one of the few traditions from my Catholic childhood that really took root in my own children’s lives. The Jesse Tree, which I had loved...
I turned in a tiny, twin bed to see the digital clock: 4:30 a.m. I accept with a groan the realization that in less than an hour, I could be dressed and in...
