Work, for the night is coming,When man works no more.—Gospel song by Annie L. Coghill (1854) A year before Dad died, I asked him, “Have you had a happy life?”...
Our Faith
Essays and reporting on theology and scripture that put our faith in the context of everyday life.
I had recently given birth to my second child when I first encountered the idea of the “marriage debt.” My ex and I were Catholic converts, and we had become...
When I ask Padre Juancho, a Maryknoll priest in Bolivia, if there had been a particular priest who inspired his vocation, he says, “No. It was a horse.” He...
February is a gray and gloomy time in Western New York, the area of the country where I’ve found my home. The Christmas lights and decorations have come down...
As a former youth minister, I’ve played a lot of getting-to-know-you-type games in my adulthood. My main takeaway from all the icebreakers is that it serves a...
“Who do you say I am?” asks Jesus in Luke’s gospel (9:20). His words imply he’s not interested in doctrine or theology. He wants a personal response, not a...
By all accounts, Mother Mary Lange was a holy woman. She was also a revolutionary in every way that a visibly Black nun ministering in the slaveholding and...
“How good and how pleasant it is, when brothers dwell together as one!” (Psalm 133:1) On May 15, 2026, I will celebrate my 50th anniversary of priestly...
I wasn’t particularly offended a couple of months ago when my 4-year-old told me that she wishes Aunt Sarah were her mom because Aunt Sarah is “more fun.” For...
When Juana de la Cruz Vasquez Gutiérrez was only 4 years old, she was injured in a fall from a horse. As she lay on the ground, she had a vision in which Mary...
