| February 7th, 2003 I read the reading from Genesis three times before I picked up on the rainbow. "I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth." ... |
| February 7th, 2003 An Ash Smudge and the Cross of Christ We are a smooth-skinned people.Between walnut-shell exfoliants, multivitamins, microdermabrasion and "Botox parties," well off Americans aim to erase death line by wrinkled line. We want to look ... |
| 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 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 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 9th, 2003 More Than Just Respectable and Nice? Are you a good Catholic?As we begin 2003, we are surrounded by war and rumors of war. What do you think of the Bush administration's ... |
| January 8th, 2003 An Hour a Day in Wondrous Company Rachel said the women who participate in Room In the Inn (RITI), Campus' winter shelter program, are like artichokes. Their hearts are hidden by overlapping layers of abuse, addiction, mental illness, and inconsistency. ... |
| January 5th, 2003 I stood on the corner looking into the children's playground. At one o'clock on this chilly afternoon I found it empty after my walk in the park. Past the dry sprinklers were the two tire ... |
| January 4th, 2003 Signs of Hope in Mother Teresa's Long Crisis of Faith Can there be any example more illuminating about what faith demands than Mother Teresa's recently revealed crisis of faith?Crisis of faith…and Mother Teresa? Yes, the two go together. She was human ... |
| January 3rd, 2003 Anne Rice Most of us can identify certain teachers or mentors who have had a profound impact on our lives. The same can be said for particular books that have shaped our view of ... |
