It’s a shiny, brand-new year. So let’s talk about heaven! With one caveat: I’m not going to strip-mine a lot of theology here. My brain is too small to...
Religion
I look out my front window and see the nativity scene in my neighbor’s yard. Another family a few doors down also has their crèche out, complete with a star...
Growing up, I assumed that the Catholic Church taught that people who were not Christian could not go to heaven. That view never sat well with me, so it was a...
What do you bring to a baby shower? Your relationship to the child or their parents may influence the decision. If it’s a coworker’s kid, likely you buy a cute...
What’s your main role during the holiday season? Are you the host or the guest? Either way, hospitality takes center stage for many of us in the final weeks of...
Where would we be these days without Zoom? Or video telephony, to be precise: the ability to gather virtually with people in various locations and to see and...
A long time ago in a Midwestern state far, far away, I gave a talk in a parish gymnasium. A crowd of patient parents, squirming children, and older folks with...
Our names matter. Parents give names to their children to mark them as individuals who are known and loved. When people forget your name, you sense they have...
Many have heard of Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and other mysterious creatures, generically called cryptids, because of reports by those who claim to have...
The saying that “laughter is the best medicine” is not without wisdom. Laughter, goodness, beauty, and healing often go together. Yet, we Catholics rarely seem...
