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I don’t like wounds. I’d rather avoid them: maybe the bloody mess will coagulate and heal itself. When I fractured my toes running, I...

Editor’s Note: TOB is the abbreviation for Pope St. John Paul II’s book “Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body” Pauline...

‘…the power of deep feeling seems to serve me, only to deceive me.’ Joni Mitchell Emotions confirm our wonderful, conflictual humanity....

Editor’s Note: TOB is the abbreviation for Pope St. John Paul II’s book “Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body” Pauline...

I grew up in church, hearing sermons about God’s intentions for man and woman, the preciousness of purity and why we shouldn’t 'give...

Editor’s Note: TOB is the abbreviation for Pope St. John Paul II’s book “Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body” Pauline...

‘30% of American Millennials (born ’84-’02) now identify as LGBTQ, as do 39% of the youngest of the group—Gen. Z, ages 18-24.’ George...

I have a confession; I don’t rejoice in my body. Weird confession for someone writing on ‘Rejoicing in the Body’ huh? I thought so too,...

Editor’s Note: TOB is the abbreviation for Pope St. John Paul II’s book “Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body” Pauline...

‘The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy…’ (Jn. 10:10) Integration is wholeness, and God who created and redeems us, its...

‘You see the trouble we are in…in ruins, our gates burned with fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall…and we will no longer be in disgrace’...

Last week, my son Nick asked me to preach the sermon for his ‘institution’ as senior rector. (Nick’s new post takes he and wife Meg from...

Original entry date: Spring 2017 Newsletter Conversion: The realization that a loved one has assumed a false identity invites you to go...

Original entry date: March 9, 2015 ‘Sloth is a kind of oppressive sorrow that so depresses a man that he wants to do nothing.’ Aquinas...

Original entry date: May 9, 2016 First, thank you for your commitment to your friend. Sometimes devout, energized persons like you can...

Original entry date: March 14, 2016 God calls each of us to be a river of life for others. Chastity liberates that flow; sourced in...

Original entry date: December 12, 2011 I had never led a healing service for a group of Catholics before. And although I have been...

Original entry date: February 9, 2010 *30-years ago, 'Living Waters' surfaced in West Hollywood. The burning ground of lust and sexual...

Original entry date: November 25, 2013 'If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has...

Original Entry Date: October 21, 2014 ‘The Cross becomes a new center of gravity for bringing together what is divided.’ Pope Emeritus...