Attending the tasks of caring for your spouse and children provides a pathway to holiness
Colleen Carroll Campbell felt responsible for the injury that landed her toddler son in the emergency room, and that it was her fault that she might go into labor right there in the hospital parking lot. (She didn’t.) If only she wouldn’t
Reading Scripture and spiritual texts are not the same as skimming through a novel. Here are five tips to help spiritual reading change your life.
Looked at from one angle, it’s pretty clear Christianity wasn’t made for rigid planners. In the Old Testament (cf. Ex 3:1-12), the Lord didn’t tell Moses at the burning bush, “Get all your ducks in a row and then go to Pharaoh
You’re a creative person. Just think of how many creative arguments popped into your head just now trying to convince yourself that you aren’t a creative person. No, you can’t paint like Michelangelo. But you picked the ideal color for your living
We are bombarded beings whose “to do” lists are rarely completed. Never before in human history have people received so much information and stimulation while often feeling a nagging sense of insufficiency. No matter how much we accomplish, we never feel as
During the five years of Pope Francis’ leadership in the Catholic Church, the word discernment has become well-known. At the root of his April 2018 exhortation on the call to holiness, Gaudete et Exsultate, is discernment. Discernment is a process for making
“I’ve seen wickedness.” Samuel, my Uber driver, described a recent acid attack he read about back in his native Cameroon, recalling all kinds of flashbacks. He talked about some of the unspeakable violence the government there has been known to inflict on
OK, men: Want a modern desert experience? Give up alcohol and sweets, social media, pastimes like video games and televised sports for 90 days. Don’t spend any money except for necessities. Take only cold showers and commit to a program of strenuous
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of spiritual writer Thomas Merton (1915-68), a Trappist monk from the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. During his life, Father Merton produced a large volume of writings, among which is his 1948 autobiography