12 Keys to a Sacramental Marriage
After 35 years of marriage, we look back and see clearly how the wisdom of others has shaped us. We have benefited from many stakeholders who opened their lives to us to witness their love through good, bad, fun, tragic ...
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Parable of New Beginnings
Jesus is a storyteller a master storyteller. But the stories he shares are not the kind we are used to hearing. Jesus uses parables, a form not often told in Western cultures
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Cleaning Our Spiritual Closets
We Catholics and other Christians have long put on spiritual ashes to renew our faith and turn back to God wholeheartedly. Yet, our traditional pillars of Lenten practice need to be regularly revisited and tweaked.
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The Journey Through Grief
Because of our faith in the Resurrection, is it realistic for Catholics to expect to grieve differently from those who have no hope? In my experience as a hospice chaplain and bereavement counselor, I would have to say yes, but ...
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Eboo Patel: A New Chapter
It didn't take the horrors of September 11, 2001, to convince Eboo Patel of the importance of working toward interfaith understanding, cooperation and service.
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Globalization: Friend or Foe?
I realize now what a stupid idea it was, but at the time it seemed appealing. It was my youngest daughter's brainstorm: To mark the advent of 2000, she said, we should all go up to the highest hill in ...
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