St. Mark's University Parish in Santa Barbara was like my second home. During my time there, I invited and welcomed people to parish ...

The small, white-haired woman leading the discussion hesitated. She coughed and bit her lip but managed to read the information on the paper clutched in her shaking hand. She ...

"I can definitely see you as a priest," my friend told me."Thanks," I said. This was a helpful insight, since I'd like to be a priest. "But the thing ...

"It's a boy," my brother-in-law said with great shock as he stood before a roomful of nail-biting family members and friends. The stunned pandemonium that followed shook the desk ...

At Thurman's , in Columbus (Ohio), the meat in the burger is so succulent it almost melts in your mouth. It's the best (and the biggest) burger I've ever eaten. It's been four years ...

I'm still surprised by the cell phone invasion into United States culture—the same way I am surprised by pickled pork rinds or couples making out in public ...

I ate meat this past Friday. I didn't mean to; it just happened. Abstinence malfunctionI was at lunch with a friend at Evergreen, one of my favorite Chinese restaurants in ...

I am Sam Sam I am That Sam-I-am! That Sam-I-am! I do not like that Sam-I-am! Do you like green eggs and ham? I do not like them, Sam-I-am. I do not like green eggs and ham. What do Green ...

I'm a high school English teacher. When I share this with others, they usually respond with some variation of the following: "Wow. That takes courage." It's an accurate observation, but ...

A few years ago my mother said, "Today is Good Friday. Why don't come to church with me tonight?" Oh no, I thought. Not the church talk again. "Mother," I explained for the hundredth ...