Voices
Valerie Schultz is a freelance writer, a columnist for The Bakersfield Californian and the author of Till the Moon Be No More: The Grit and Grace of Growing Older. She lives on the Oregon Coast.
FaithFaith in Focus
I am a woman at war within myself, in sight of two well-armed realities, my faith life suspended in the center. I think of the two sides of this spiritual DMZ as Creed and Culture.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Saturday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
Politics & SocietyLast Take
After another Trump victory, I thought about tuning out of politics. Then I remembered that I do not have that luxury. I am a Catholic.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by Valerie Schultz
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
FaithFaith in Focus
My plan was not to read three books in a row about death. But I just did.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor of the Church, by Valerie Schultz
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, by Valerie Schultz