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January 2021

January 20, 2021

Prayers of the Faithful on Inauguration Day

Please pray with us for our country: For taking the planet’s resources for granted,...

June 2018

June 22, 2018

Dark Devotional: Prayers for the Faithful

Art by the devout and confiscated Brian Jocks. O God, who raised up Saint...

September 2017

September 19, 2017

Songs as Sanctuary: Maren Grossman on Lady Gaga

Pope Francis has spoken of “credible witness,” the kind of witness that makes Christianity seem...

September 16, 2017

Songs as Sanctuary: Cassidy Hall on Alanis Morissette’s “Head Over Feet”

In middle school I had no idea who I was. I was mostly known...

September 15, 2017

Songs as Sanctuary: Rob Saler on REM’s “E-Bow the Letter”

When you grow up in a small town, it’s easy to assume that the...

September 13, 2017

Songs as Sanctuary: John Robinson on Project 86

I’m not a cheery feel-good person. In fact I’m quite misanthropic and struggle with fitting...

September 13, 2017

Songs as Sanctuary: Jonathan Ryan on Matisyahu’s Crossroads

Matisyahu came into my life when I was as a Presbyterian minister at THE Ohio...

September 13, 2017

Songs as Sanctuary: Kristen Allen on Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline”

I love music. I love all kinds of music. My mind uses music like a...

September 12, 2017

Songs as Sanctuary: Michael Delp on Bob Dylan’s “Ain’t Talkin”

Once, decades ago, Dylan went nuts, jumped from one universe into another and called himself...

August 2017

August 13, 2017

St. Maximilian Kolbe, Pray for Me, a Sinner, and a White Man.

I'm a white male, age 35-45. According to all statistics and research, I have power...

April 2017

April 11, 2017

Stations of the Cross: A Spectator to the Execution

You have my whole heart. You always did. —Cormac McCarthy, The Road Imagine for...

April 10, 2017

For the People Who Cry During Holy Week

On Palm Sunday, we process into church waving blessed fronds. The priest walks amongst us,...

January 2017

January 10, 2017

Praying with Depression (and Children)

"I want us to recite the Lord’s Prayer together in the mornings as a family...