The Barbershop
How One Group Is Disrupting Isolation With Reading
Impressed by this unusual way of cultivating community in a city—NYC, that is—known for its “alone together” anonymity, I decided to reach out
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Hand-Cranked Ice Cream Against Despair
Whether the experience goes beautifully or our best-laid plans go awry, hand cranking ice cream with a few dozen kids is a whole lot more powerful than dithering in paralyzing despair. As…
The Hidden Sorrow of Mother’s Day
Our mothers and our children will always be part of our lives, in life and death. Surprisingly, grief does not dominate our existence, it informs it.
Limitless Wishing and its Discontents
Perhaps we need nothing more and nothing less than a continual return to the Gospel, via all the means already available to us. We could start with St. Paul’s reminder that “covetousness…
What’s In Your Garage?
No home but the Garden was there originally for man, once upon a very long time ago. No garage either was part of life before expulsion from Eden.
Gadfly Graffiti
In a funk no more, I was prepared to meet the smile of my daughters with a genuine smile of my own as they came out of practice. The graffiti was gadfly,…
Living With Risk: Vipers or Bleach?
I do not know where the future will take us. I’m not going to try and escape the risks in modern society, but I’m also not going to ignore them. I’m going…
Eisenhower’s Grief
Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower found solace in their dead son’s favorite color
Twenty Years with Philip
The difference a pen pal can make
Roosevelt’s Grief
Theodore Roosevelt never recovered from the loss of his son in WWI
The Hidden Sorrow of Valentine’s Day
Surviving the holiday without our loved ones
The Census Taker In a Church Pew, Part 4
Yet our little sister does not play the victim. She presses on, a sufferer who labors as best she can while shadows and thorns press in against her. And she prays to…
On Bars in Church Basements
Might our local faith communities support such cultivation of virtue, while also restoring what might again be a hub of parish social life?
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