Busy, Busy People
My stepmother sometimes says she’s “busier than flies on horseshit.” It’s a striking image, and I think of…
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Why come and Pray?
In a recent article in Church Life Journal, Timothy O’Malley wrote about the difficulty Americans have in understanding…
Communities and Limits
Who are we? One of the ways we might describe ourselves is as members of communities. Or at…
The Catholic Moment
I’d like to begin this little reflection by saying clearly that I love my country. There is so…
Club Rules, from the Lamp Magazine
From the Lamp Magazine, Issue 7, St. Rose 2021 I was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic…
Visiting the Jail
I started visiting Cook County Jail in 1985 and have been going ever since. For a while I…