COLUMNS
Reflecting on the convocation: Experiencing joy the key to Christ
I’m a fan of muscle cars. I hope to one day take a mechanics class so I can learn how to work on engines because I couldn’t imagine owning something as sweet as a Dodge Charger without knowing how to work on one. So when I ran into Father Mike …
Reflecting on the convocation: Catholic Church in America has many opportunities to evangelize
What a good time it is to be Catholic in the United States. That’s one of the prominent messages that I have heard over the past few days at the Convocation of Catholic Leaders in Orlando, Fla. Sure, after hearing some of the statistics in discussing the current landscape of …
Healing together in Christ
Dr. Chuck Dietzen was the winner of two awards at our recent Christopher Awards ceremony
Three questions for vocational discernment
It was a hot, sunny day in early September and the lawn around me was a sea of colorful banners and signs advertising debate clubs and Ultimate Frisbee teams.
The challenge of being the Body of Christ
St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) challenges us to this day with a poem titled "Christ Has No Body," quoted recently by Lynn Campbell, executive director of the Office of Social Justice Ministry of the Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut:
Is touching believing?
As I write this, on the Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle, I am reminded of the Caravaggio painting in which Doubting Thomas places his hand in the wounded side of Our Lord.
A closer look at death row
The day that Matt Puckett was executed by the state of Mississippi, I was caught in an emotional conundrum.
The nature of simplicity
Torrential rains have reversed the over-dry conditions plaguing California. But on one particular mountainside a drought of a different kind persists: Visits from the outside world have dried up at New Camaldoli Benedictine Hermitage in Big Sur, California.
The Gospel challenge to enjoy our lives
Joy is an infallible indication of God's presence, just as the cross is an infallible indication of Christian discipleship. What a paradox! And Jesus is to blame.
Allow Jesus to disrupt you
In a recent post to The Christophers’ Leadership in Mercy online storytelling platform, Jim Collins recalls having a moment of doubt when he first worked with the Missionaries of the Poor in Kingston, Jamaica.
Priest holes & history lessons: embracing our ancient faith
Nicholas Owen was canonized 364 years after his death.
Three Abrahamic faiths on one campus
It's not often that I visit a mosque. It's more unusual to visit Omaha's newest mosque and be directed to park in the synagogue parking lot.
Six deadly sins
One of my favorite criticisms of the church is that it is fixated on sex. "Why is the church so obsessed with what I do in the bedroom," I will be asked with great seriousness.
It's time to say goodbye
For the past 26 years -- September 1991, for crying out loud -- I've had the pleasure, privilege and sometimes panic of writing a monthly family column for Catholic News Service.
When it comes to God, real love requires more than leftovers
Great Danes standing outside the entrance as if they were waiting in line for a treat.
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