Giants, ghosts, and sea monsters. Demons and terrifying hybrid guardians. The Bible is teeming with monsters of all sorts, both those who live on Earth and...
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This summer saw the conclusion of the Max (formerly HBO Max) series The Other Two, a sitcom about the desperate-to-succeed older brother and sister of a Justin...
Father Donald Senior was a Passionist priest and biblical scholar who died in Chicago on November 8, 2022, at the age of 82. He taught New Testament at...
One night, I came home late from work and took off my shoes at the door, as is my family’s custom. Walking in barefoot, I stepped on my son’s Legos that had...
Life is full of trouble. That should be obvious. And, when trouble comes, oftentimes Catholics and other Christians don’t know how to reconcile their grief and...
My friend Beryl is what’s known as a super-ager. At 90, she’s as spry and adventurous as many half her age. Scientists are actually studying her to figure out...
Growing up in Nigeria, my two brothers and I often sat around our mother and listened to her tell us stories. My mother was an enthusiastic storyteller. One...
A retreat director walked into a bar . . . This isn’t the start of a joke, but a lead-in to an inspiring conversation. It was Easter Sunday. I was checked into...
These days, I find myself mindlessly crossing to the other side of the street if I see someone proceeding down the sidewalk I’m on. It’s a COVID-19 reflex I...
I am not the most bible-literate minister. I can’t rattle off many verses by heart; I am living proof of the old joke that Catholics don’t often read their...
