Imagine having no concept of life outside of the town in which you grew up. You live before technology enabled sightseeing from the comfort of the couch and be... Read More ...
Have you ever felt like everything was going well, things were finally looking up...and then The Thing happened? Have you ever looked back at your life and see... Read More ...
I ran to the top of the slope and stood on the edge of the cornfield to catch the final moments of the sunset. It was a magnet of incomparable power and beauty... Read More ...
In his letter to the Romans, St. Paul writes, “I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate” (Romans 7:15). ... Read More ...
Athletes like runners, cyclists, and swimmers recognize that having the right outfit enables them to perform at optimal levels. As an average jogger, I know th... Read More ...
A Review of Sunday Will Never Be the Same by Dawn Eden Goldstein (Catholic Answers Press, 2019, 255pp)
In this age of truncated attention spans, it’s easier... Read More ...
May is Anencephaly Awareness Month. In our family, we are now intimately aware of anencephaly, but we weren’t always.
I had heard of anencephaly, but this s... Read More ...
Léonie Martin is arguably the least known and admired member of her entire family, but I doubt she minds. She’s used to being in that position.
Her sister ... Read More ...
I did not know myself to be frustration-intolerant until I was middle-aged. It wasn’t just the wisdom of more birthdays that made my diagnosis clear. It was al... Read More ...
God loves me. I do usually manage to believe that; it’s about the most basic tenet of the faith. Wonderful as that is, though, it’s not enough for me.
I was... Read More ...
I don’t consider myself a seasoned traveler, but I fly often enough to know the hassle. Airports are stressful and hectic places these days. However, one conti... Read More ...
My recent article Is Sainthood Still Possible in the Digital Age? apparently (but not surprisingly) piqued the interest of many. One of the readers wrote to me... Read More ...
