Valentines, not Resolutions
How are your New Year’s resolutions going? Feeling guilty yet? The excesses of the holidays make clear the need to evaluate many aspects of our lives and resolve…
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Why We Stone Prophets
Readings for February 3, 2013: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time “In polite conversation, never bring up politics or religion.” That’s the advice I was given as a child.…
On the Potter’s Wheel
To start with, let me be perfectly clear. I was not born a craft-y person. I could make nothing recognizable with my playdoh, and the scarves I…
The Accidental Evangelist: An Interview with Michael Behe
Michael Behe is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. His book, Darwin’s Black Box, argues that the existence of the…
Give Away The Things You Want
“If you want more of something, then give away what you have,” Fr. Nick Schneider preached on a recent Sunday at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit. “If…
Confidence in the Faith, our Youth Ministry Retreat, and Xtreme Discipleship
This past weekend I served and assisted in a Youth Ministry themed: “Confidence in the Faith.” Appropriate for the Year of Faith and the Holy Father’s call for…
The Lighthouse
For millennia, sailors have ventured out to open treacherous seas. Some go for adventure, some go for profit, and others go for battle. Once they have set sail,…
10 Tips for Teaching Your Children to Pray
As the mother of five children, finding time to pray can be a distinct challenge. Another daunting task on my plate? Teaching my children how to pray. 1.…
10 Ways to Support Evangelization Even When Your Parish Is Falling Apart
Last month I opened a thorny topic that had been posed to me by a fellow Catholic: How do I evangelize when my local parish is mired in…
Why are we still waiting?
In the old version of the mass, the priest would invite us to proclaim the mystery of faith, and we would sing: Christ has died. Christ is risen.…