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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Columnists
Nicene Guy

Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit

Claims by prominent and not-so-prominent physicists that the universe can create itself from nothing are not exactly new. Indeed, such claims have been made since

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Career
Jared Dale Combista

Ethics and Morals in the Workplace

Doctors who do abortions. Lawyers who defend the guilty. Executives who lie and cheat just to raise company revenues. Sound familiar to you? But of

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Columnists
Devin Rose

Charlie Hustle

I played high school soccer. Made varsity sophomore year. My coach wasn’t a religious man, but he taught us a few things. One was: use

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Columnists
Sarah Babbs

Leaning Back

She leaned back into the soapy water, and we heard “whack!” as her head hit the side of the tub. Screaming ensued. Daddy swooped in,

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Columnists
Leah Jacobson

Labor Lessons

When I first became pregnant at 22 years old I really didn’t understand or appreciate the miracle that was taking place within my body and

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Contest inside

Announcement:  So many great additions!  Thanks to the readers for your contribution.  In agreement with other commentators, Dan Di Luzio’s comment had me laughing.  If

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Columnists
Calah Alexander

Pietas

On Tuesday, my son Liam had an allergic reaction to a varicella vaccine. In the span of time it took me to recognize that he

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Columnists
Allie Terrell

The Bible: Illustrated

I’m not one for art, but I love visualizations. Perhaps it’s the scientist in me. Either way, I was pleased when I found an individual

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