Life
Nicole Cox

Toddler Spirituality

As a mom of a two year old girl, I’ve become aware of the struggles of “normal” toddler behavior. One of the more frustrating aspects

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Jesus and the TV Screen

Recently, I had an experience where my eyes were opened firsthand to the influence that media has on children. A child doesn’t understand the damage

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Life
Morgan McFarlin

Living Life As It Is

“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for

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Life
Bob Waruszewski

Do You Believe?

I have seen it everywhere, in small churches, big churches, city churches, rural churches. Catholics bored or daydreaming at Mass Often I am guilty of

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Columnists
Theresa Williams

Too Anxious to Function

I’m a pretty anxious person – I have the prescription to prove it. I tend to look at the details of a situation and easily

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Family
Megan Twomey

Created to Be You

“So they’re both napping?” asked my husband, incredulous, “Can you nap?” Quiet time has been pretty rare around my house since my eldest abandoned naps

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Family
Emma King

The Healing Power of Hymns

If singing is praying twice, then praying hymns is more than simply praying twice. It is that by which we feed our souls, uplift our spirits, encounter the Lord, and in doing so, become whole when broken.

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Life
Morgan McFarlin

Look Him in the Eye

How often do you walk by someone who is homeless or in need, asking for change on the street? This is often more common in

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Life
Jordan Haddad

What is the World?

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For

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Columnists
Siobhan Benitez

A Couch Is NOT a Promise

Not too long ago, my best friend moved in with her boyfriend. It’s a big deal: this is her third long-term, serious relationship, but the

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Women's Issues
Mary Proffit Kimmel

Reflections of a Sidewalk Counselor

Every Friday morning, my mother and I visit the local abortion clinic.  Women travel from three neighboring states to terminate their pregnancies.  The doctor flies

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Life
Megan Twomey

Spiritual Deep Cleaning

I am not a natural deep cleaner. Extensive projects that involve organizing minutiae, inordinate scrubbing, and rubber gloves are just not my thing.  Now I’m

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Art
Abigail C. Reimel

Writing Within the Word?

Ever since childhood I was always taught to treat the Bible with a certain amount of respect.  This included never setting it on the bare

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Columnists
Erin Cain

Sheep Among Wolves

“‘Thomas! Thomas!’ two snickering friars called, rousing their brother who was bent over his books. ‘Look out the window—there are pigs flying about in the sky!’ Thomas

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Books
Siobhan Benitez

Truth in Fiction

Teaching always involves a curve ball. This past fall I taught “Introduction to Moral Theology and Ethics” at The Catholic University of America. For the

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Pull Your Weight

Life has brought a lot of changes for me over the last year. This time last year I was a Green Beret, deployed with my

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