| February 6th, 2003 Working on My Own from Project to Project For most Americans work means a steady 9 to 5 gig with benefits. But the benefits of a weekly paycheck and health insurance often come with the price tag ... |
| February 5th, 2003 I first met him at a four-week long summer program; I knew he was the one…or so I thought. Then he didn't return the phone call. Then the letter came, and I knew he was ... |
| February 2nd, 2003 Slavery in Our U.S. Catholic Past The diminuitive, elderly nun took the microphone before our audience of several thousand at the Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles. As she began, there was a hush: "My grandfather was a slave for the ... |
| January 28th, 2003 The awkward relationship between Christianity and the earth When I first learned that a possible Hebrew-to-English translation of Genesis 1:28's command for humans to ‘subdue the earth' is, literally, ‘rape the earth,' I cheered. At the ... |
| January 27th, 2003 Living Side-by-Side with Your Pets I had the good end of the emergency. A friend's husband needed surgery and her dog needed a sitter. I promptly offered my services. Quincy, a mellow Lab/Beagle mix, is a good dog—a 30-pound sausage ... |
| January 26th, 2003 Sold on the Benefits of Online Dating When, oh, when did online dating lose its stigma? When did it become the province of sexy nerds and closet punks, as well as the schlubs and the hipper-than-thou among us?Who knows? Who cares? One ... |
| January 25th, 2003 Too busy for the Almighty? Maybe Not Sister Kay is slothful. She's a nun and professor and frantically busy. So, when she announced to my Monday night class that she is lazy, I was shocked. Spiritually lazy, she clarified. Some days, she ... |
| January 24th, 2003 Spiritual Lessons from Vulnerable Lives Maria (I have given her this name after many years) sat on a blanket next to her mother. They sat on the sidewalk selling small bags of pecans in ... |
| January 23rd, 2003 Ministering to the ‘Spiritual But Not Religious' PART 1: THE HIRED GUN"Can you imagine us doing this in a church?" I wasn't eavesdropping, but I did overhear Mina, ... |
| January 19th, 2003 Addressing the Reasons Women Choose Abortion I was eight years old when on Jan. 22, 1973 , the U.S. Supreme Court made abortion legal throughout the country.Growing up in a post-Roe v. Wade world, I listened to friends who had chosen ... |
