This is part two of a series on friendship. Part one can be found here. A few weeks ago, I wrote some reflections on the importance of cultivating Catholic friendships, friendships with people who challenge …
I will never forget a conversation which I had with an elderly lady at a nursing home a few years ago. Normally, the nursing home, run by religious sisters and housing elderly people with certain …
Life in the Bible belt of the United States is definitely unique. The western USA has the Spanish missions; the northeast has a decently strong Catholic culture, with statues of Mary in almost every yard. …
This is part one of a two part set of reflections on friendship as part of the Christian life. Last month I got to do something which I hadn’t done in a long, long time: …
For Lent this year, I decided to do something which I hadn’t done since I was in college: I wanted to reinvigorate my languishing prayer life, and so I pulled from my bookshelf a four-volume …
Our world today is an angry one. Not a single day goes by without some news story working up our emotions, causing us to get angry over injustice or someone’s foolish decisions (like a gas …
Most people know that on Fridays in Lent, we Catholics abstain from eating meat. But did you know that, until a few decades ago, not eating meat was required on normal Fridays throughout the year …
“Do you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ?” How often have you heard that question in the context of evangelization from a well-meaning Evangelical friend? Our Protestant brothers and sisters often criticize us Catholics …
The contemporary world is polarized over almost everything, and some things more than others stand out. When we hear certain words and talk about certain topics, we automatically retreat into our ideological camps, simultaneously covering …
One weird place to find yourself, and a place where I find myself more often than I’d like to admit, is stuck between a desire to be on my own and a desire to be …
