The following is a guest blog post from freelance writer Mary Valle nbsp A friend Christine Lorenz posted this video on Facebook a few days ago It rsquo s a short video taken in her yard on January 13 2013 It was 68 degrees Farenheit in Pittsburgh and wolf spiderlings were running amok Most y

nbsp An intriguing essay in Slate compares two writers who one might be surprised to learn not only lived in the same century but shared the same religion In the corner of the afterlife where they keep the Catholic alcoholic geniuses Jack Kerouac and Evelyn Waugh are having a lovely time togethe

nbsp I have some very complicated feelings about Lance Armstrong 39 s upcoming confession and I presume apology on Oprah Winfrey 39 s show As a Jesuit a priest a Catholic and a Christian I believe that everyone deserves the opportunity for forgiveness nbsp Our faith is founded on a forgivi

nbsp I am often asked by people to help them understand and or enter into Ignatian spirituality It would be a mistake for most people to go directly to a copy of The Spiritual Exercises to try to simply read them As they exist the Exercises essentially are the retreat notes Ignatius himself took

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Since the Newtown tragedy atheists have written essays defending their responses to such tragedies They want to show that atheists too can console those who mourn without resorting to faith in God or a future life Susan Jacoby has entered the lists with a recent New York Times article 1 6 13 ent