I cried at my wedding. After we exchanged the vows I sat down next to Bill on the altar and the tears started. Unfortunately I’m not one of those dainty criers...
Spirituality
This love one another stuff always confused me. When the priest would call the congregation to love one another during Mass, I was one baffled kid. Although...
Sally has been a loyal employee at an autoparts refurbisher in the Northeast for nearly 11 years, and her smile and positive outlook had always been a source...
When I was in my early twenties, I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). MS is an autoimmune disease that causes the immune system to attack the central...
For decades a friend’s dad took his cars to a mechanic who had started a Ph.D. but ended up hanging out his shingle working on cars. Most adults in our...
I basically lived at Bed Bath & Beyond in the weeks before moving to college. From memo boards to minifridges, shower caddies to twin XL sheets, the home...
This is part of a series of two essays on how to make a successful pilgrimage. You can read the other part, on eight practices of a good pilgrimage, here...
The value of travel was ingrained in me from a young age. When I was growing up in New York City my father worked for the United Nations, and we had the...
Trouble pounced on a recent trip through rural Minnesota. For 10 miles I drove behind a big red pickup truck jammed full of white men, all of whom looked to be...
I was visiting a third grade recently when we got into a conversation about prayer beads and how pretty much every religion has some form of prayer beads, from...
