Reflections
A Story of the Simple and Great Hearing Aid
The other day, I ran around the house looking everywhere for my oldest son’s hearing aids. I checked the counter where we normally place them, his room, the bathroom....
Reflections
Soul to Soul
The loud clang, clang, clang of the church bells resounding across the quad combined with the incessant chatter of excited kids running out of classrooms, looking for either their...
Reflections
When I Feel the Ground Disappearing Beneath Me
One evening in early August, I stood in my kitchen in front of three open lunch boxes, feeling anxiety welling up in me. In order to cope in that...
Education
Teacher Heroes
A picture keeps popping up in my mind as we near the start of school. It’s a colorful image of my oldest son at five years old. He is...
Reflections
Finding God in the Candy Jar
Editor’s note: Today we kick off the 11th-annual 31 Days with St. Ignatius, our month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality. In addition to the calendar of Ignatian articles found here,...
Something to Think About
A Magnificent World
My backyard is currently a mix of broken kiddie pools, pieces of random toys, lots of mud, and so very many plastic cups.
You can probably imagine me standing on...