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Catholicism in the last few decades has been consumed by a tension between two struggles....

I came across this article recently on a friend's social media feed. It describes the trap many...

Back over a decade ago when the debate over climate change was starting to heat...

I really value the traditions of Advent. The preparations for Christmas are almost more exciting...

A relative asked me recently: “When will you just decide you’re through with the Church?”...

I sometimes imagine talking to my daughters, who are quite young now, in twenty years...

It's easy enough to be sad this Autumn. The Church is yet again in crisis...

Every year my family and I take a trip to the deep woods of Northern...

American politics has embraced hyper-polarization as a way of dealing with uncomfortable truths about modern...

There is a small Episcopal church in my hometown and it has had an important...

If you don't follow the poetry world, you may have missed the recent kerfuffle at...

July marked the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae, the Papal Encyclical that solidified/clarified/revised the Church's...

When you attend a Jesuit college, you become fluent in the various labels that come...

On our last full day in France (we’re settled back in the Nutmeg State now,...

I have been slow writing these columns lately because I have been in France for...

In the past year, I have become involved in a new ministry at my parish...

So often in prayer, we hope for yes. A yes to our wishes. A yes...

A while ago I wandered into an argument on social media. Always a wise move...

When I was young, so many descriptions of prayer tried to emphasize how active and...

July 4th always brings me back to Boston. In most cases, it is because I...

If you pay attention, America can be hard to love. As a society, we have...

Donald Hall was the first poet I ever wrote to. He passed away on June...

Though for most of my life I was a night owl, since I became a...

I have often taught Saint Paul's Letters. Paul is popular among philosophers and literary theorists...

It is late spring still. So much of the news has been bad. The natural...

So we are not quite into summer yet, but it’s just around the corner. Outdoor...

This week we were stunned by the suicides of both Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain....

It’s a humid day here in Connecticut, warmer than expected. Weeks of frequent rain have...

Augustine is one of those sources that you can’t help but turn to again and...

Reading exists as much in our fantasy lives as it does in our routine. How...