It’s a new year, and time to get cracking on those resolutions. In addition to those vows to exercise regularly, eat better, save money, get organized, and...
Spirituality
I love my Christmas dinnerware. For the past 20 years I’ve served many wonderful feasts on it. Family and friends have gathered around my festive green and red...
If a eulogy sounds to good to be true, it probably is. Putting on rose-colored glasses to look at a loved one’s life, however, might be just what we need...
India and the United States may be on opposite ends of the belief spectrum, but both cultures must make a case for God that includes everyone. In an age of...
In the classroom and the stands, the president of NYU roots for God. John Sexton, the president of New York University, holds tight to some deep truths: that...
Blessed among women, Robert Ellsberg calls her in his book of the same name. Here Emily Dickinson appears with other spiritual giants, sharing Teresa of...
Few have written authoritative biographies of the 20th-century spiritual giants Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker, and Thomas Merton, the...
The editors interview Jim Forest, biographer and friend of Dorothy Day–and a former Catholic Worker himself, about Dorothy Day’s abortion...
"The next appointment," announced Father Muratori implacably, "is a certain Ms. Mary Carpenter." "Ms.?" said the archbishop...
After a decades-long absence, interest in demonic possession—and the ritual to defeat it—is on the rise. For more than a decade, Frank, a software consultant...