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January 2012

January 05, 2012

Waiting to Exhale

Lately, I’ve been holding my breath. It’s actually something I inherited from my mother’s side...

January 03, 2012

God Girl Coming to Richmond, VA’s WomanKind Conference Next Month

It's been a while since I've had a public engagement to tell you about and...

June 2011

June 29, 2011

GODSTUFF: We are “One.” We get to carry each other…

Our aim is not to engage in psychological, cultural, or theological debate about homosexuality. Nor...

May 2011

May 27, 2011

GODSTUFF: God is the Roots of “Tree of Life”

Terrence Malick's film, "Tree of Life," is nearly indescribable. Not because its beauty or virtuosity...

May 05, 2011

GODSTUFF: How do you solve a problem like St. Josemaria?

For most filmgoers, the words "Opus Dei" typically conjure up images of self-flagellating, hair-shirt clad...

May 03, 2011

GODSTUFF: Bin Laden has ceased to be. Discuss.

Late Sunday night, while perusing Facebook, a friend on Facebook updated her status to announce...

April 2011

April 26, 2011

GODSTUFF: “Christian” Film? What should be coming to a theater near you

While the prolific Lewis has enough material in his oeuvre to keep filmmakers busy for...

March 2011

March 14, 2011

GODSTUFF: Heretic, Shmeretic. Love Wins.

Rob Bell is a heretic. And so are you. But that's the good news. It's...

December 2010

December 09, 2010

GODSTUFF: Knit one. Pray two.

We are hard-wired to be innately creative beings, compelled to create because we are made...

October 2010

October 27, 2010

GODSTUFF: Your story is our story.

Vasco was baptized in the same waters where the ashes of the uncle he never...

October 13, 2010

GODSTUFF: Forty on 40 ~ Spiritual Lessons at Midlife…

40. There is nothing you can do that would make God throw up God’s hands,...

September 2010

September 17, 2010

FRIDAY SWAG GRAB: Who said that? QUIZ (and you have the weekend to complete it!)

Welcome back to the Friday Swag Grab contest. This week we have a (hopefully easier...

September 08, 2010

GODSTUFF: Praying for your kids and their Anam Cara

Tuesday was the first day of school here in our sleepy seaside town in southern...

September 06, 2010

Today…in God: Weekend redux.

Charles M. Blow in the New York Times on Religious Outliers With all of the...

August 2010

August 24, 2010

Welcome home. The Dude is in.

Welcome home. The Dude is in.... Let us live in this love and this happiness,...

May 2010

May 23, 2010

Secret Church: Welcome home…

Secret Church: Welcome home... For more than fifteen years, I didn't go to church. I...

May 22, 2010

GODSTUFFHARD-WIRED FOR GOODNESSIn the creation story in the biblical Book of Genesis, after God created...

May 10, 2010

Happy 50th Birthday, Mr. BonoOn this day in 1960, a wee child with an enormous...

April 2010

April 21, 2010

GODSTUFFSAVE ME A GOOD SEAT IN HEAVEN, UNCLE DODI.Seven years ago, at the start of...

April 21, 2010

Meekness is strength.One of my dearest friends posted this poem by Mary Karr on our...

April 03, 2010

St. Freddie of Rupert on "Vocation"

October 2006

October 29, 2006

HAM OF GOD: ANNIE LAMOTT AND HER P-POPPERY IN OAK PARKThis is a clip from...

October 27, 2006

GODSTUFF:GOING NUDE ON ALL SAINTS DAY: LOOKING PAST THE HALOS TO THE GRACEIn honor of...

October 23, 2006

THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: OBAMA '08?A few years back, about a week after he'd handily...

April 2004

April 10, 2004

Good Friday: Loving ‘The Difficult Ones’ (You Know Who You Are)

Good Friday is the worst day of the year. For me, at least. It's almost...