When you listened to some older Catholics talk about the spirituality that formed them, you hear a lot about a harsh, demanding, and rather unforgiving...
Spirituality
Lent is a good time to call time-out on our First World feeding frenzy. "Eat the world” is the slogan of the food court at a high-end Magnificent...
Few writers of the past century have had as big an impact on so many people as Thomas Merton (1915-1968). His readers ranged from popes to high school...
Surviving grief, looking for a path back home The stillness of my apartment is deafening. I wake to the sun beating through my blinds and the drone of the air...
It can take a lifetime to step past a history of hurt, but 12 steps is a good way to start. When my young son asks me what God looks like, I want to tell him...
“Listen! I am standing at the door knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me...
Tom Beaudoin looks at our “branded” economy and says it’s time to integrate who we are with what we buy. This text is an excerpt from Tom...
We can learn a lot from people who left the church, whether we can win them back or not. For generations, the Baltimore Catechism taught that Catholics who...
These aren't your grandma's devotions. Young adult Catholics are using non-traditional ways to get in touch with their spiritual side. It's 11 p.m...
Anne Satorius ia a pretty typical hardworking, faithful Catholic. She teaches catechism at her parish in Milwaukee; she and her husband, Tim, edit the...
