A Christmas poem written by Madeleine L'Engle in 1973 but sounding incredibly timely for all of us living in a troubled world today:
This is no time for a child to be born,
With the earth betrayed by war & hate
And a comet slashing the sky to ...
The past month has been a dance of gratitude and fear. Gratitude that, so far, my family is healthy and together under one roof — all five of us around the ...
Everyone has his or her own story. Our history, family, faith, environment—all of it combines to create a background story that runs through our entire life, ...
Folks are asking if they can still get my book of reflections for the Easter season, Rejoice and Be Glad 2020: Daily Reflections for Easter to Pentecost from ...
The shoes were placed by the front door with care last night. Okay, to be honest, the almost-18-year-old just left them there out of habit, but the two girls ...
Earlier this week another Catholic blogger decided to do a line-by-line dissection of the popular Christmas song "Mary, Did you Know?" Nothing he said was ...
Don't let the frenzy of the season rob you of the chance to wait in wonder this Advent. Here's my OSV Newsweekly story from last Advent to get you in the ...
Today we honor two of my favorites: Dorothy Day and George Harrison, a seemingly unlikely pairing on the surface but not such an odd couple when you dig a ...
I don't know about you, but I'm still full from yesterday's Thanksgiving eat-a-thon. I can't even think about food. Except for those pies on the counter. And ...
Grand Theft Auto, the violent bestselling video game franchise, was in the news again this week for upgrading its game to allow players to have sex with a ...