This year I did not head home for the holidays. Like the five previous years before that, I did not spend Christmas or any of the holiest of Christian holidays...
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“Does Jesus pump the blood into my veins?” wondered my intrigued and somewhat confused 3-year-old after I explained that God incarnate lives in her heart. Her...
It was a warm summer night back in the early 2010s. I was sitting on a patio sipping sangria with a friend I’ll call Jim—a man about a decade and a half older...
As soon as the temperature drops below 60 degrees in New York City, I know it’s almost time. The rest of the city dwellers begin to adorn their windows and...
Sarah is a new Catholic and joined the Catholic Church in 2020. (Sarah is uncomfortable using her last name in this story, as she hasn’t yet shared with many...
Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify For years, politicians in the United States have invoked the rhetoric of being “pro-family.” But what does that really mean...
My all-time favorite movie—not just favorite Christmas movie—is It’s a Wonderful Life. Plenty of ink has been spilled over this movie, sometimes revering it as...
Heartland is a family show without corruption or treachery, a cowboy show that focuses on women, and a western show set not in the United States but in...
I decided things had officially gone too far when it seemed like knitting a pair of socks in 12 hours was a good decision. It was “crazy sock day” at day care...
Where would we be these days without Zoom? Or video telephony, to be precise: the ability to gather virtually with people in various locations and to see and...
