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Poor examples: regardless of their privileged upbringing, these saints show us that less is truly more.		Nov 1, 2009	1395
Biblical Literacy: Essential Bible Stories Everyone Needs to Know.		Nov 1, 2009	340
The good book reviewed: from politicians to poets, the Bible has its fair share of admirers and critics.		Oct 1, 2009	1362
Practice what you teach: sometimes passion is more important than the lesson plan.		Sep 1, 2009	1339
Eat up and go: a morsel of heavenly bread may be just what we need for the long road ahead.		Aug 1, 2009	1284
School of hard knocks: a kindergarten bully reveals a hard truth about humanity: we are all violent.		Jul 1, 2009	1356
Foreign correspondent: St. Paul didn't just deliver the good news, he was part of the story.	Column	Jun 1, 2009	1281
What the world needs now: to live as Jesus did is our real calling in life. Roman collars and veils not required.	Essay	May 1, 2009	1408
We are family: calling each other brothers and sisters isn't just a churchy cliche, it's a call to care for one another.	Essay	Apr 1, 2009	1355
Quotable.	Quotation	Apr 1, 2009	82
Got a light? The Gospel of John proposes a heavenly remedy to dispel earthly darkness.		Mar 1, 2009	1265
New but not improved: change we can really believe in has to come from the inside out.		Feb 1, 2009	1302
I will follow him: the messenger is sometimes more powerful than the message.		Jan 1, 2009	1213
Mother Mary comes to me: seeing is believing, at least for those who have first-hand experience with Marian apparitions.		Dec 1, 2008	1200
Sure foundation: bricks and mortar can't restrict God's presence, but they often lead us to it.		Nov 1, 2008	1314
Grapes of wrath: think God is impassively above it all? Don't be too sure: as scripture tells it, God has feelings, too.		Oct 1, 2008	1322
Word to live by: you've heard it before, but listen again: the Bible is the best book on your shelf.		Sep 1, 2008	1253
Go hear it on the mountain: whether in thunder and lightning or in that still, small voice, the high places are where we meet the Holy One.		Aug 1, 2008	1332
Chasing waterfalls: though as elusive as a single droplet of water cascading down a cliff, the gospel parables open doors to a mystery worth grasping.		Jul 1, 2008	1334
Fear itself: though we are separated by thousands of years, the prophet Jeremiah has lessons to offer from his own time of terror.		Jun 1, 2008	1341
In the flesh: bodies matter every bit as much as souls in the Christian scheme of things.		May 1, 2008	1348
We're all in the same boat: if the story of the flood is any indication, humanity best not ask God to choose between us and the rest of Earth's creatures.	Essay	Apr 1, 2008	1309
Fall guy: Judas might seem like the quintessential enemy, but was he just misunderstood?		Mar 1, 2008	1373
And the sinner is ... We've fallen and we can't get up--at least not without some help.		Feb 1, 2008	1378
O come let us adore him: it takes the uncomplicated wonder of children to see the divine in one of our own.		Jan 1, 2008	1341
Far out man: call him a biblical hippie, but John the Baptist's radical message is essential to our faith.		Dec 1, 2007	1362
Tax reform: a visit from the incarnate auditor is a great opportunity to balance one's spiritual books.		Nov 1, 2007	1321
Say a little prayer for me: if you're struggling to talk to God, make use of the friends who can hold you up.		Oct 1, 2007	1366
Step one: open the book.		Sep 1, 2007	763
Idol curiosity: the problem with the golden calf isn't so much the calf. It's just that we might forget that God can be a mother hen, too.		Sep 1, 2007	1360
Don't believe everything you believe: the Bible has its skeptics in Job and Qoheleth, the author of the Book of Ecclesiastes, and we shouldn't ignore their honest wrestling with the reality of evil in the world.		Aug 1, 2007	1325
Catfights of biblical proportions: sibling rivalry may make good reality TV, but pitting Martha against Mary doesn't do either of them justice.		Jul 1, 2007	1229
Three cheers for the Trinity! The theological arithmetic of 3=1 lies at the heart of what it means to be Christian.		Jun 1, 2007	1277
My skeleton crew: the prophets may have been major pains for those they pestered, but their inspired word can still breathe life into dried up spirits.		May 1, 2007	1340
The center can hold: though its imagery can be both vivid and disturbing, the Book of Revelation actually paints a comforting picture of an ever-present God.		Apr 1, 2007	1339
The constant gardener: we all need a bit of spiritual pruning if we are to bloom where we're planted.		Mar 1, 2007	1354
Change'll do you good: we need to cut loose the anchor of fear (and sometimes the serenity of religion) to be open to the transformation of becoming disciples of Jesus.		Feb 1, 2007	1341
Local boy makes good: our natural tendency to envy hometown heroes can make it difficult to see that God gets to decide whom to bless.		Jan 1, 2007	1328
Have a very moral Christmas; can we make John the Baptist's call to justice part of this joyful season without being holiday humbugs?		Dec 1, 2006	1329
Autocratic Pilate: though the gospels seem to soften his image, the man who signed Jesus' death warrant was no Mr. Nice Guy.		Nov 1, 2006	1588
Here's Johnny! Bible detective work is enough to give any scripture P.I. a major headache.		Oct 1, 2006	1352
Don't put away childish things: Jesus had a good reason for telling his followers to be like the little ones.		Sep 1, 2006	1448
Happy are they: the beginning of happiness is knowing its true source--and it's closer than you think.		Aug 1, 2006	1461
Take it easy and no play : all work makes Jack and Jane dull disciples.		Jul 1, 2006	1544
All fired up: like the family hearth, the Holy Spirit is the church's bright center, inviting all of us to come closer to one another.		Jun 1, 2006	1532
Immaculate perceptions: the one woman who stands above the rest in Catholic tradition has many sides and many graces--but Mary also stands with us in our quest to be disciples of Christ.		May 1, 2006	1816
Travel guide: turns out the slogan "Jesus is my copilot" is just a paraphrase of the Gospel of John.		May 1, 2006	1541
Come to the water: we believers go way back with the wet stuff, and every year it reminds us who we are.		Apr 1, 2006	1532
Do like the animals do: we might have an easier time keeping to the straight and narrow if we just followed our more basic instincts.		Mar 1, 2006	1524
Rise, put down your baggage, and go; sometimes what needs healing the most are the things we find hard to let go.		Feb 1, 2006	1529
Whatever possessed us? We all have our inner demons to face, it's just that some are more obvious than others.		Jan 1, 2006	1565
What's the good word? John's gospel offers a Christmas story without a manger, star, or donkeys but one that gets at the cosmic reason for the season.	Excerpt	Dec 1, 2005	1486
Goats aren't all baaad; nothing in the Bible is black and white, least of all the recipe for salvation.		Nov 1, 2005	1506
Service with a smile: complaining about our leaders won't lead to any actual change. Instead, we must model servant leadership.		Oct 1, 2005	1548
The 78th time: forgiving people over and over is definitely worth a try, but eventually you get to let those trespassers have it. Right?		Sep 1, 2005	1685
To err is divine; Jesus' humanity is an oft-forgotten element of his dual nature.		Aug 1, 2005	1578
Almost heaven: we pray for God's kingdom to come, but we need to be doing more to get it here.		Jul 1, 2005	1475
The case for Peter: it's either really hard or really easy to figure out why Jesus chose Simon the fisherman as leader among his fellow disciples.		Jun 1, 2005	1541
Exit, stage up: the gospels give differing accounts of Jesus' Ascension into heaven, but the message is the same: Christ now has no hands on Earth but ours.		May 1, 2005	1586
Reasonable doubt: the apostle Thomas gets a bad rap. Who in their right mind wouldn't ask to see the risen Christ with their own two eyes?		Apr 1, 2005	1567
I can see clearly now: how we come into the world is not how we must remain. An encounter with Jesus can be life-changing for the physically and spiritually blind.		Mar 1, 2005	1672
Meeting Mr. Right: though many think of her as a woman with a past, the woman at the well, like many of her New Testament sisters, had a future of leadership among Jesus' followers.	Critical Essay	Feb 1, 2005	1594
Thou shalt not forget the Beatitudes: the Ten Commandments are recognized as the guideline for our lives, but the Beatitudes call us to an even deeper challenge.		Jan 1, 2005	1706
Peace on Earth: in two stories of people who have lost hope, Alice Camille reminds us that sometimes peace on Earth comes in small packages.		Dec 1, 2004	1681
You can get there from here: on All Souls' Day we affirm our Christian belief in life after death. But we can only dream about what the afterlife is like.		Nov 1, 2004	1722
Be fair to the Pharisees: Alice Camille rescues this misunderstood group from their biblical bad rap.		Oct 1, 2004	1674
The ties that blind: even if your family drives you crazy, you may find it hard to hate them. Alice Camille explains what Jesus' confounding commandment really means.		Sep 1, 2004	1889
Still deadly after all these years: the Seven Deadly Sins are alive and well. Think of the times you've fallen from grace--which of these fatal attractions led you to do it?		Aug 1, 2004	1592
Long day's journey into light: many times in our lives we are asked to walk paths we find painful or pointless. But just as when Jesus asked his disciples to set out on their own, we find the answers lie further on up the road.		Jul 1, 2004	1627
Not what you bargained for: when we play "Let's Make a Deal" with our image of God, we inevitably encounter a deal-breaker.	Column	Jun 1, 2004	1775
A tale of two cities: the Acts of the Apostles and the Book of Revelation offer two distinct visions of the City of God. Where do you want to live?		May 1, 2004	1810
For you: to Holy Week we bring all the world's sorrow and suffering as well as our own, and we know that it is only in the Resurrection that hope for healing abides.		Apr 1, 2004	1999
A stone's throw from grace: in biblical times, it was definitely a man's world. But in the story of the adulterous woman, Jesus writes in the earth a new way of living and forgiving.		Mar 1, 2004	2034
Tangled web: following Jesus' advice about loving our enemies is not only good for our enemies, it's good for us.	Column	Feb 1, 2004	2124
Eat, drink, and be merry: Jesus was no stranger to good times, and neither should we be. So tell your fellow parishioners to turn that frown upside down and sing, dance, and raise a glass--a toast to the good news!	Column	Jan 1, 2004	1875
A closer walk with thee: you have to be quiet if you want to wake the baby Jesus in your life. In a noisy, busy world, the silence and solitude of contemplation are essential elements in our Advent search for the newborn kingdom.	Column	Dec 1, 2003	1811
Metaphysical therapy: this Thanksgiving count your blessings and rediscover gratitude as an indispensable feature of Christian life.		Nov 1, 2003	1873
Seeing is believing: in our quest for the wholeness that only Christ can give, a blind beggar leads the way.		Oct 1, 2003	1858
Lift high the cross: the cross is everywhere, from rearview mirrors to gravestones, even tattoos. Its presence reminds us of suffering and tragedy, but most of all triumph.		Sep 1, 2003	1938
Lasting supper: fruit of the vine and work of human hands, a meal shared in communion with a friend becomes for us the bread of life. (testaments).		Aug 1, 2003	1991
Marginal prophets: God speaks to us through unexpected intermediaries delivering truths we'd sometimes rather not hear. (testaments).		Jul 1, 2003	1759
Good things come in threes: three may be a crowd, but for Christians the fullness of God is not revealed until we invite all three of God's persons into our lives. (testaments).		Jun 1, 2003	2057
Church is where your friends are: Jesus saw through the boundaries that keep people apart. Can we do the same? (testaments).		May 1, 2003	1915
What a difference a day makes: the day after Jesus' death, his disciples were paralyzed by grief and fear. To them, as to us, Easter comes as an unfathomable surprise. (testaments).		Apr 1, 2003	1710
Right before your very eyes: even Jesus' apostles had a hard time seeing the full picture of Christ, but the Transfiguration should lead us to see that fullness in the face of others. (testaments).		Mar 1, 2003	1860
Where have all the demons gone? Modern religion has dispossessed a rich history of demons and devils in our midst, but maybe Satan served a purpose in the way he makes evil palpable. (testaments).		Feb 1, 2003	1938
What's in a name? When we accept the name "Christian," we enter into an unending covenant--to love one another and be loved in return. (testaments).	Column	Jan 1, 2003	1989
Worth the wait: when our prayers seem to go unanswered, we must trust as the wise bridesmaids did, and keep the light on for God. (testaments).		Nov 1, 2002	1853
Houses divided: is there a way to give both Caesar and God their due, with integrity? (testaments).	Short Story	Oct 1, 2002	1998
And they'll know we are Christians ... like Alice in Wonderland, we often feel like confused children, unsure of our true identities as people of faith. (testaments).		Sep 1, 2002	1840
Who do you say that I am? The answer, though different throughout the ages, tells us not only about Jesus, but about ourselves. (testaments).		Aug 1, 2002	1974
Rest for the weary: God remains with us in our suffering and burdens and wants to lighten our loads. (testaments).		Jul 1, 2002	1896
Eat, drink, and be holy: it's not what you eat that counts but with whom you eat it, says Jesus, who had some pretty remarkable eating habits himself. (testaments).		Jun 1, 2002	1964
My high school spirit: how a caged adolescent heart learned about the meaning of Pentecost. (testaments).	Column	May 1, 2002	2198
It's not what you know: the disciples who met Jesus on the road to Emmaus got beyond Q&As to real religion. (testaments).		Apr 1, 2002	1848
The Judas in us: though we may see ourselves in scripture's moral cowards, we have a second chance. (testaments).		Mar 1, 2002	1969
Darth night of the soul: Lent is the time when Darth Vader and other princes of darkness come to church. (testaments).		Feb 1, 2002	1903
Shore leave: in the midst of the business of our lives, can we drop our nets and follow Jesus' invitation? (testaments).		Jan 1, 2002	1799
Odd man out: sometimes the extra at history's greatest dramas, Saint Joseph still has an important role. (testaments).		Dec 1, 2001	1975
Jesus, remember me: There's a connection between the good thief's plea and "Do this in memory of me.".		Nov 1, 2001	1891