About a mile off I-74 in southeast Indiana between Indianapolis and Cincinnati, nestled among rolling green fields populated by a few contented grazing cows...
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I have been blessed to be present at Masses where excellent women preachers gave homilies. Their examples and my experience of the difference that a...
So here’s the story of my friend, Wes, from Kentucky. We’ve never met, but I’ve known Wes for years. He reads the reflections I write in this or that magazine...
On a winter’s day in New York City early in 2020, urban religion expert Tony Carnes walks down Broadway in Elmhurst, Queens, a boulevard that can be...
Wealthy countries around the world are digging deep to mitigate the worst impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic: disbursing grants to businesses and corporations...
The defining image of the COVID-19 pandemic may be that of an old person in a hospital bed connected to the full spectrum of medical industry resources but...
In the weeks and months following the global economic shutdown due to the novel coronavirus and the international quarantines and shelter-in-place orders...
Are you a student going back to school in the fall or a parent of a college student? Do you teach at a college or university? What questions or concerns do you...
Walk slowly, and bow often. Mary Oliver nestles this sage piece of advice in the middle of her poem “When I Am Among the Trees.” It’s a poem I committed to...
During the late spring of this unforgettable year, the United States became embroiled in a debate over how to respond to the novel coronavirus pandemic...