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February 9th, 2004
George W. Bush Says God Chose Him to Be President
A man set apart by God
When George W. Bush was governor of Texas and decided to run for president, he described his decision in terms of a divine mandate: He had ...
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February 8th, 2004
Making sense of a milestone
On a recent Saturday night, my husband and I went to a concert for an Irish punk band he had been following for over half a decade. We arrived at ...
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February 6th, 2004
A Client and His Astonishing Family Tradition for Lent
Fresh out of graduate school a decade ago, I was hired as a speech pathologist for a not-for-profit agency serving the inner city poor. My therapy room contained an ...
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January 24th, 2004
For the Spiritually Curious with a Limited Budget
I boarded a bus in Washington, DC, complete with wailing children, frustrated parents, and a man be-bopping to the loud music on his earphones for ...
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January 13th, 2004
A Catholic's Foray into the World of Buddhist Meditation
My body screamed: "I've only had four hours of sleep!"
But at 6:30 in the morning, some inner yearning drew me from my flannel sheets into the snowy winter morning. Looking back at last winter, I ...
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January 12th, 2004
Kim Schiel remembers swimming with her Catholic friends during college and noticing a row of scabs on the upper thigh of one of the females. This female was a ...
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January 12th, 2004
Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Just READ
The turning point was not being able to find a pew without a direct view of the dead saint's remains in that crystal coffin under the altar. The experience was so bad that I walked ...
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January 8th, 2004
From sole to soul, a marathon spirituality
Many marathoners experience moments of grace on the run, but not all of their spiritual sensations are ...
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January 7th, 2004
The Dire Consequences of Rigid Religion
Election year 2004 is upon us. As the news media starts to drop other stories and the frenzy begins, the idea of what important news we may miss due to this political preoccupation gives me ...
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January 5th, 2004
The difference between who we admire and who we become
A friend of mine who teaches ethics and spirituality to MBA and law students often engages his students in this exercise. List the names of people you really admire. Next, list the names of people ...
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