We’ve made at least one great cultural advancement in recent years when it comes to the holidays: We’ve become aware that for many people, this time of year is...
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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...
Butch Patrick, who portrayed Eddie, the son in a literal family of monsters on the 1960s sitcom The Munsters, recently made a public appearance at a horror...
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...
It’s jarring to read lines in the gospel where Jesus tells his disciples they might have to hate their families to follow him (Luke 14:26). This is one of...
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...
This is a great question from one of our readers! According to the Gospel of Luke, on the night Jesus is born, an angel appears to a group of shepherds to tell...
At first I started looking at the bush because I was bored and a little frustrated. I was on a walk in the woods with my husband and toddler, and I found...
My dad did not leave much behind when he died. He was committed to staying independent from the system, even if he wasn’t perfectly consistent about it. He did...
