| January 2nd, 2004 A GenX Spiritual Guru Looks at the Meaning of Integrating Who We Are With What We Buy. In "Consuming Faith: Integrating Who We Are With What We Buy," Tom Beaudoin focuses on what he calls "economic spirituality."Branding ourselvesBeaudoin, who explored "the irreverent spiritual quest of Generation X" ... |
| December 25th, 2003 Celebrating Christmas Polish-American style It's not Mary giving birth or the baby Jesus Himself that brings it to mind, but standing in the window watching for the first star to appear in the ... |
| December 25th, 2003 Midnight Mass at St. Mary's... Hyderabad In my family, we have a tradition of eating my Mom's excellent fruitcake after Midnight Mass. It's a sweet end to the wonderful experience of the evening.I'm sure Masses in other places ... |
| December 6th, 2003 Catholics and the Complications of U.S. Immigration Policy "There's so many of them," the septuagenarian remarked to a large gathering of us over dinner that night. "With all the people coming here from everywhere, can New York City really ... |
| December 4th, 2003 The Lost Art of Appreciating Who We Are I'm the Thanksgiving Day Scrooge. I truly think that Thanksgiving is simply a sham, a humbug, if you will. It's a day that makes us all feel a little better about ourselves for thanking God ... |
| December 1st, 2003 My Love-Hate Affair with the Winter I am standing at my kitchen sink, gazing out the window as the afternoon sun dissolves into the sky. I am supposed to be peeling potatoes for supper ... |
| November 1st, 2003 Especially if a Juror Has a Plane to Catch The big red stripe ran the length of the white envelope proclaiming, Juror Summons Enclosed.Jury duty.I decided to take a positive attitude. Why not? They do pay forty bucks a day; it's a ... |
| October 31st, 2003 Halloween Origins and Current Practices Ever wonder where Halloween traditions came from? Are they evil? Pagan? Holy?Fire FestivalsThe ancient Celts celebrated seasonal feasts to honor the gods of nature. Halloween's pagan origin was a fire festival known as ... |
| October 26th, 2003 Big Moral Issues for the ‘04 Election I might as well admit it, the words "presidential election" cause me to fantasize about moving to a desert island where all the mind-numbing nonsense that passes for campaigning ... |
| October 20th, 2003 The Word from the Weekend Anti-War Rally in NYC February 16, 2003, New York—Maybe the best makeshift protest sign came as we rounded the corner on to the demonstration site on First Avenue. Someone—we couldn't see the bearer—had duct-taped a ... |
