| February 9th, 2003 Will the Church Soon Oppose ALL War? Jesus was all about non-violence as the way to transform your enemy?s heart. Modern warfare has other ideas about what to do with your enemy's heart.As the debate around pummeling Saddam ... |
| 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 ... |
| 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 2nd, 2003 The Oft Forgot Epiphany Celebration, Wise Men and All Ever had a revelation? Ever, in the middle of everything ordinary, touched the depths of what is mystery ?Despite the post-New Year hangovers, this is just the time for revelations.According to ancient tradition, the 6th ... |
| December 14th, 2002 The Economic Winners in a Conflict with Iraq Who will be the benefactors of any war on Iraq ?The winners are all about past relationships. And where President George W. Bush's administration is concerned, those past relationships are measured in barrels of crude ... |
| December 13th, 2002 This morning in Rome it was announced that the pope had accepted the resignation of Cardinal Bernard Law, the Archbishop of Boston. This brings to an end one part of the yearlong priest sex scandal ... |
| 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 ... |
| November 20th, 2002 pc muñoz and the amen corner a good deed in a weary world (beevine records) What is a good deed? What's the point of trying to be good in a world that's clearly a mess? And how do you even begin to do that?These ... |
| November 19th, 2002 Across the Lines Beer Unites Us Some people hate it, some people love it. Some people call it an evil in our society, while others revel in it.No, I am not talking about reality television. I am talking about ... |
| November 7th, 2002 Beyond Empty Calories to Real Spiritual Sustenance Oatmeal is not a favorite food of two-year-olds. Mine wasn't too thrilled to see it arrive on the breakfast table this morning. He ate grudgingly, intermittent spoonfuls hitting the table and floor. I cajoled it ... |