By now, almost everyone has seen, or at least heard of, the Time magazine cover asking, “Are You Mom Enough?”
Aside from the disturbingly sensational depiction of breastfeeding, the question itself is an intriguing one, and one that gets to the heart of some major social issues in the US.
Too...
I remember reading about a time when Mother Teresa, now Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was asked a peculiar question from a writer. The writer asked her how, among all of these people (the poor who were gathered around her at that time), can she take it slow, dealing with one person at a time, seemingly...
Last Tuesday, I attended an event hosted by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati to address the topic of Faithful Citizenship. I was a little bit skeptical of how someone would present this topic without seeming to be from one side of the political fence or the other. John Carr, the Executive Director of the...
We welcome guest blogger Mark P. Shea, author of the new book The Work of Mercy: Being the Hands and Heart of Christ from Servant Books.
Let’s get something out of the way right off the bat. Abortion is the single most serious moral issue of our time. Nothing in our civilization equals the gravity of a...
While on vacation, I came across a certain painting that was hanging on the wall of my children’s bedroom in the house where we were staying. There was no information on the painting as to who the painter was or where it was sold. The background was reminiscent of the green grass of a field and in the...
There’s a good reason we’ve learned never to discuss religion or politics in polite company, right? Both topics are emotional, heated and complicated in ways that defy small talk or dinner conversation.
Of course, our wise God has a way of urging us to think about such things, because as...
