'Tis the season to start thinking about our grand self-improvement plans for 2026, right? It's right around this time of year, when we're eating too many Christmas cookies, spending too much money, and just generally feeling overstressed and ...
By Mary DeTurris Poust
“But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbor?’ ” — Luke 10:29
One thing that has never been in question ...
Sure the Christmas season is still in our rearview mirror, but who doesn't love a reason to dip our toes into the next Advent and Christmas season a little ...
It was 17 years ago today — on the Feast of St. Francis de Sales, patron saint of journalists — that I launched this blog. (You can read my original blog ...
I had a bit of a health scare this week. A major blockage (80 percent) in a major artery required a stent. But I am feeling great — and grateful. It all ...
From the moment my plane touched down in Italy years ago, I was in love. Visiting the country where my grandfather was born was the fulfillment of a promise ...
During these tumultuous and terrible times in our world, it can be easy to spiral down into the rabbit hole of despair, thinking we have no right to be ...
The poet David Whyte says that most people are “living four or five years behind the curve of their own transformation,” refusing to accept a new season of ...