Lessons in the Chinook

“Man’s curiosity searches past and future And clings to that dimension. But to apprehend The point of intersection of the timeless With time, is an occupation

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Pursuit of hoppiness

“Take one down, pass it around…” and let good times roll.  Today we live in the early days of the New Evangelization.  Beyond all catechetical

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Life
Ink and Quill

To Know and to Love

It’s a commonplace we’ve all heard in one form or another: “Love is blind.”  But is it really?  It may be true that our passions,

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10 Misunderstandings

For about four years of my life I taught Catholic high school and have heard just about every question on Faith that exists.  I think

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Doubting Thomas

I love Easter! I love the readings, the flowers, the extra Alleluias, the joy and of course the Resurrection. During our weekly staff meeting our priest

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Columnists
Jennifer Mazzara

Speed of Life

That’s a catchy, clever little phrase. “The speed of life.” David Bowie used it for a song. I think there was a movie. I don’t

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What is a "low quality" of life?

Frida Kahlo – self portrait Frida Kahlo is one of the most important figures of 20th-century Mexican culture. Born in 1907 in Mexico City best

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Columnists
Kayla Peterson

Overwhelmed

Everyone tells you how hard marriage is. They warn you against letting the sun go down on your anger, give creative ideas for date nights

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Columnists
Nathan Kennedy

False Greatness and its Remedy

Most of the time I assume myself to be a person falling into the same category Churchill found himself in when dealing with people he

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Life
Brent Stubbs

Is the Internet Real?

Second question: If so, can we save it? To the first, I think the question is rather odd. However, it is odd because it is

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Columnists
Anna Williams

Living poverty

In the latest installment of USA Today’s On Religion series, veteran journalist Judith Valente writes about Benedictine nuns in Atchison, Kansas. One choice sentence: “Whatever

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10 Catholic Wines

I know it is Good Friday and perhaps there is a coincidence that I chose a top ten Catholic named wines for this day.  Listed

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Religion
J.R. Baldwin

Turn Around!

Today is Good Friday. At noon, my family will drive to Mt. Adams, to a hill overlooking the Ohio River. We will descend many steps,

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To Learn Silence

As a perpetual chatterbox I approach the mysteries of Holy Week with mixed emotions. The stark, somber tones of the liturgies are in direct contrast

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Columnists
Julie Machado

Is Being Single a Failure?

A wise friend once asked me, “Do you want to marry him or do you just want to get married in general?” Am I really

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Jobs
Bob Waruszewski

Information Overload

Technology can be both a blessing and a curse.  It can be a way to learn more about God, but also waste countless hours.  We

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Columnists
Mariella Hunt

This is the World God Created

God likes to send us strange places, and teach us lessons we’d never learn in our comfort zone. This is happening to me right now,

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