Reflections
Quiet Lives
One evening, after the children are asleep and the porch light has been switched on and my husband and I can hear the hum of the dishwasher in the...
Spirituality
Finding God in the Present Moment
I know a woman who used to watch the news religiously. She would get caught up in the latest mandate, scandal, or expose until it took over all her...
Reflections
A Discipline of Noticing
There are lines from a poem by Ted Kooser to his mother that I think about often. In the poem, simply called “Mother,” Kooser grieves after his mother’s death....
Reflections
Middle School
I have two middle-school age sons, and the word of the hour is awkward! They are tired all the time from their ever-morphing bodies. They fall asleep in odd...
Jesuit Saints
A Gentle Saint: St. Peter Faber
Editor’s note: We commemorate the August 2 feast day of St. Peter Faber with Faber Fridays this month, inspired by Jon M. Sweeney’s book, Peter Faber: A Saint for...
Reflections
Cannonball Moment: A Friend’s Death
Five hundred years ago, St. Ignatius was hit by a cannonball in battle. He sustained a horrendous fracture to his right leg and damage to his left. There are...