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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 ...
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