What if this Lent, this were the goal? To live is Christ. More
When we first began having grandchildren, they were roughly evenly divided between boys and girls. But the past 14 in a row have been girls. What are the odds?More
The Supreme Court on March 4 will hear oral arguments in the case June Medical Services LLC v. Gee. June Medical Services operates an abortion clinic in Louisiana and is joined in its suit by two anonymous doctors who do abortions. Gee is Dr. Rebekah Gee, former secretary of Louisiana’s health and hospitals department.More
After more than 37 years on staff, I am retiring as editor and general manager of the Catholic Herald, effective Feb. 28.More
The snow has begun. It is expected to last 18 hours, piling nine inches high and crippling weekend plans. The streets are emptying, the collective dash to the grocery store completed.More
I am a goal-setter. I love the way hope unfolds on the pages of a new planner at the beginning of a new year. Everything seems possible. At least it did. For years and years, I’d stubbornly set goals and optimistically expect to achieve them. Many times, I did. I dreamed up big projects and then pushed through to see them to completion. I quantified fitness and then pushed to check all the boxes. I started the year striving and I kept striving. More
These cold mid-winter days are an excellent time to focus on home and the many systems that make life possible: personal finances, home improvement, decluttering, deep cleaning, meal planning, exercise, new activities and schedules. In other words, now is a good time to focus on your “household economy,” learning to use our gifts to care for one another’s basic needs. More
They walked together to the altar — a tiny boy, just learning to walk and still unsteady, and his mother who held tightly to his hand as he tried to run. More