Some years back, I watched a discussion unfold on social media about the devil. A Catholic woman anxiously asked her friends for prayers that could be used to...
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If a tree falls in a forest and there is no one around to hear it, does it still make noise? If a person lifts their praises and petitions to God without...
One of the greatest influences in my life has been Catholic education. In my Catholic parochial grade school, I first learned what it meant to be a follower of...
Interestingly, but perhaps not surprisingly, only 42 percent of the population surveyed in a Pew Research Center poll responded that being part of a Catholic...
When I was in divinity school, all students were required to take a class titled “Negotiating Ministerial Boundaries,” a multi-day long certification earned...
On October 1, 2017, an assailant opened fire on a music festival in Las Vegas, killing more than 60 people and wounding hundreds of others. At our parish staff...
“Welcome to the Hungry Snail!” My daughter greets me at the bottom of the stairs with a napkin draped over her arm, gesturing to the dining room where she and...
From the golden rule to the parable of the Good Samaritan, the call to love one’s neighbor appears all throughout Jesus’ teachings. But who exactly is...
In 2021, the CDC reported that the percentage of U.S. adults who had received mental health treatment had increased from 19.2 percent to 21.6 percent. The...
When I taught New Testament to high school juniors, I always looked forward to the unit on the infancy narratives of Jesus. One of my favorite assignments...
