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December 3rd, 2002
Reflections on Overeating in America
Remember the days before "super size"?Remember when the smallest size coffee you could order was—you won't believe this—a "small"?When was the last time you ate ...
December 1st, 2002
Embrace Those Moments
When I was young and na�ve and honestly thought that little girls who could not add or subtract in their heads could grow up to become astronauts, I presented significant sums of allowance to NASA ...
December 1st, 2002
Something Wrong at the Yuletide?
There's something wrong here.It's December, and I am not only jacketless, but wearing shorts. I lived four years in South Bend, Indiana�December is loss of sensation in the lower extremities.The lights started going up here ...
December 1st, 2002
A Young Dad on What to Do with the Kids for Advent
Passing down faith to my two teen and pre-teen kids is tough. Since I'm still figuring out the ropes myself, I'm sometimes limited in what I say or do to help them get charged up ...
November 28th, 2002
A Supermarket Surplus Demands That We Share
Propped up against the wall of my tiny kitchen, absentmindedly chain eating Entenmanns's chocolate chip cookies, I was engrossed in an article from the Catholic Worker about the life of St. ...
November 28th, 2002
The Agony of Living
Every time I attend a burial, the weather's not good. Rain, cold, mud; the universe seems to provide a climate in tune with the mood of those gathered around the grave.The rain returned this week ...
November 28th, 2002
A Thanksgiving Story
You know the routine pretty well. Getting ready for Thanksgiving means much planning, shopping for a lot of food, and with me there was the over-achieving ...
November 26th, 2002
A Lesson in Checking Your Nostalgia
Yes, it's official. Freddy's dead. That's what I said. This is the story of how I was painfully notified.I was planning to call my cousin Jim to wish him Happy Birthday. Rather than do something ...
November 23rd, 2002
Thanksgiving Was Not the Über-Holiday for Us
It is November, and I am barreling headlong into the end of the year. But first, I have to make it past the Thanksgiving table.Growing up working-class and Filipino here ...
November 23rd, 2002
Honoring God's Gift Through the Practice of Yoga
Winter in Ontario and I couldn't touch my toes. I was plopped on the kitchen floor, legs spread in a 'V' and hands stretched towards my feet. ...
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