Reading through the Gospel of Mark for Lent, a priest led me to enter more deeply into the scene in which Jesus calls Levi (Mark 2:13-17). The priest encouraged his listeners to not only think from the perspective of being one of the sinners Jesus dined...
Reading through my son’s high school history book, I came across a quote from John Carroll, the first bishop of the United Sates: “I have observed that when the ministers of religion leave the duties of their profession to take a busy part in political matters, they...
After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, I had a social media friend –not celebrate his murder– but more justify it based on an out-of-context quote Kirk made on gun control. I’d been...
In high school and college, I used to feel so stupid studying literature because I never saw the imagery within it on my own. When I read the assigned books, I would usually think, ‘that was a pretty good book’, but that was where it ended for...
My exposure to fox hunting was entirely via television and, in particular, the movie Mary Poppins. Like most children who saw that movie, I was greatly distressed for the poor,...
