While watching Barack Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night, my conservative-leaning heart sank a little. "There's no way," I thought, ...

Is there anything funny about a sixteen year old girl getting pregnant? Actually, there's quite a bit in the new film Juno. A smart and smart-mouthed Minnesota teen named ...

“There is really nothing more intellectually unfashionable than Christianity. If I could have chosen something else, I would have – God just had other plans for me.” So writes 17-year-old Marjorie ...

Early on in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and his mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi face Jedi-gone-bad Count Dooku in battle, Dooku--sensing that Anakin has grown in ...

One of the most stressful situations for an engaged couple is meeting their future in-laws and trying to make a good impression. However, the angst-o-meter rises even higher when those in-laws ...

"When you get drafted, you'll be sorry you voted for Bush," some co-workers angrily told me after they heard John Kerry was going to concede. Considering that I'm a thirty-something desk jockey who gets winded walking ...

Liberal Democrats are enemies of religion and corruptors of children. Or so it seems to some conservative Republicans. (Of course, to some Democrats, Republicans want to establish an intolerant despotic theocracy, so there's plenty of ...

A few years ago, I remember watching a network news report about the beneficial effects of meditative prayer. The report first featured a Catholic women's group that was devoted to praying ...

"Why is there a monkey on the tabernacle?" my friend asked herself as she walked into church one Sunday morning. Apparently, a religious education teacher was planning a discussion on Noah's Ark for the second grade ...

"I don't want to be original. I want to be cool." That's how sweet-but-awkward thirteen-year-old Jenna Rink feels about life. She's frustrated being young and wishes she were like the women in ...

If you've ever had a relationship you wish you could forget, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind may give you a different perspective. When introvert Joel Barish (Jim Carrey) meets extrovert ...

TV geek that I am, September starts me salivating for new shows and returning favorites. On top of my must-see list this year is the second season of Joan of Arcadia, ...

My name is Tony Rossi and I'm a registered Republican. There, I admit it. I don't remember what year I registered, but it was before I started paying much attention to politics. The GOP seemed to share ...

Stalking the Divine: Contemplating Faith with the Poor Clares by Kristin Ohlson, Hyperion Books (2003), 272 pages. "During most of my life I ...

For years, self-help books have asserted that your thoughts influence your reality?that if you schlep through life feeling like a loser, the energies of the universe will make you a loser. In ...

It's not often that a sexy cocktail waitress inspires a Catholic priest to write a book about faith journeys, but such is the case with Fr. Edward Beck's Unlikely Ways Home: ...