April 24, 2021

Dear Reader: The Ultimate Storyteller

There are certain books you read that stick with you. It might be the subject matter, the time of your life when you read it, or the way that the story was told.

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Embracing Our Limits

The deeper my love the more particular it becomes and the more limited in scope. It is only through such particulars that we can come to save the creation.
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Illustration of somebody with mental illness

Erasing the Stigma of Mental Illness

For those who love somebody struggling with mental illness, our job is to be fully present and listen without prejudice. 
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Give Me Strength

Everyone we know is struggling with some type of burden in his or her life. No matter what, it takes courage to face down those challenges.
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Facing Up to Systemic Racism 

What do I tell the students in my CCD class when they ask me what the Catholic Church says about systemic racism?
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Seeking the Purpose of My Life 

What has been the purpose of my life? Why was I ever born? What is the purpose of life for an average person such as myself? 
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Are We Unconsciously Always Sinning?

The US bishops say racism can be either conscious or unconscious. My older teenage son argues that we can never be forgiven because of our unconscious mind’s nature. How can I answer him?
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