A quiet life of faithfulness—in many ways—is the kind of life I hope to lead. I don’t desire to make a show of my faith; Jesus himself tells us not to. I have...
Books and literature
Catholic book reviews, author interviews, and reflections on literature, faith, and culture. Dive into thoughtful Catholic perspectives on literature.
Christian witches? What’s next? Married bachelors? Square circles? A combination of disbelief, mockery, and genuine concern for the souls of those who might...
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco Cantú (Riverhead Books, 2018) It’s become almost cliché in books and films that the...
It may be summertime, but anyone paying attention to the news likely finds it anything but restful. So if you find yourself...
My church welcomed new parishioners last week, and as we sat around a conference table eating strawberries and celery sticks, our priest passed around the...
Simply put, Joellyn Cicciarelli is all in. Whether it is on a team, in a classroom, for a company, or as part of a spiritual mission, Joellyn is involved...
On election night 2016, hands full of dirty dinner dishes, I tripped over a slightly ajar cabinet door and fell hard on my left knee, my right leg overextended...
Being evicted isn’t just a condition of poverty, it’s a cause, says Matthew Desmond, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the...
I distinctly remember the conversation. I was a college freshman, talking to an older student about our respective faith heritages. This school, I should...
One of the most vivid descriptions author Shūsaku Endō uses to describe his faith was to call his Catholicism an ill-fitting suit. It’s such a relatable...
