The examen carved a space between me and the compulsion, just enough to breathe, to think and to make a deliberate choice.

A “chosen family” has its benefits, but it can also be a way of avoiding the accountability and personal growth found in long-term, committed, familial bonds.

The church helped me heal after my miscarriage. That’s what every grieving mother deserves.

Aldous Huxley convinced me to try psychedelic drugs. Thomas Merton gave me a healthy suspicion of them.

In 'Zero at the Bone,' Christian Wiman offers a prismatic series of 50 chapters (52, counting the mystical zeros at the beginning and end) featuring essays, poems, theological reflections, personal reminiscences and literary analyses.

When my grown daughter let me know how my words had impacted her, I regretted every time I said something negative about my body, not realizing the harm I was imprinting on my perfectly made young girls.