I have a prayer that I am afraid to speak. I have been holding it close to my heart for...

“Our Fa-der, who art in heaven,” his sweet little voice recites proudly. My son is learning this foundational Christian prayer,...

When we moved into our new home in June, the first new thing I wanted to buy was a dining...

He sat in a pile of rags and plastic bags on the side of the bridge. There was no way...

I have always thought the celebration dances done by professional football players were pretty dumb. Athletes are being paid millions...

A therapist I had when I was in my twenties described it this way: I had an all-out addiction to...

The quiet permeated the peaceful streets of Assisi. I was there with my study abroad program learning about Saint Francis...

I am known as a chronic over-packer when it comes to travel. Something as simple as a weekend away will...

A few months ago, I introduced my five-year-old to one of my favorite stories. When I first read The Lion,...

I can feel the red rising in my cheeks and ears, the sweat threatening to dampen my shirt, my pulse...

Years ago, an impressive thunderstorm hit while we were at Mass. The storm was as abrupt as it was powerful...

It's sometimes tricky to approach Scripture like today's Gospel when your life is, well, average. I don't often encounter the...

I stood in the bookstore, running my hands over book covers and flipping through those with the most interesting titles....

Today's Gospel reading (see Luke 9:18-22) is such a tender-hearted one: here the disciples stand before their Lord after many...

There are certain events that are permanently seared into my memory—the fall of the World Trade Center, the fall of...

I don't like letting go. I especially don't like letting go of situations in which I have deeply invested my...

I held the one-month old infant in my arms that frigid Minnesota morning. His four older brothers looked on dressed...