A Comeback for Religion?
Every once in a while, you hear or read something completely unexpected. That was the case recently when I read in America Magazine a story about a resident of Paris ...
The Most Important Question
It was an erratic journey for Francis Collins, the famous geneticist who heads the National Institutes of Health, noted for his discoveries of disease genes and leadership of the Human ...
Life’s Blue Light Special
My sister, Carolyn, likes to tell this story about me when I was a newly-married householder, but she may not remember it as I do. She was visiting as my ...
Why Many Young Catholics Stay in the Church
Sophia was 25 years old when she was interviewed for the book, “Young Adult Catholics, Religion in the Culture of Choice” by Dean Hoge et al, a book to which ...
Skeptical about Skeptical Faith?
Somewhere in my formal education, I learned the importance of critical thinking. I believe it was in high school, taught by priests, but I know I already had an idea ...
Saying “No” to the Sense of Entitlement
We huffed and puffed climbing the steep path up a scruffy mountain, over orange to watermelon-sized rocks and the big tree roots protruding between them. It was hot, and the ...