True Red Sox fans know the pain and hardship of loss. Historically, their team doesn't simply lose, they invent new and creative ways of doing so. A ...

Recently I helped design a letterhead template consisting of just a couple images and panels, our company logo and, in teeny font, our address. I had felt there was no need to check spelling because ...

There's an easy way to judge a film about someone with a disability. If the protagonist is portrayed as saint, then it's probably not worth watching. If he's depicted as an ...

"Maria Full of Grace" is a work of fiction, but one can be forgiven for mistaking it for a documentary. The film, about a teenage girl from Colombia who becomes a ...

Just after we graduated from high school, my friend Chris took me to see some young men I'd played the online game Everquest with but had never met in person. He pointed them out ...

Do you believe in God? Do you believe heaven or hell exist?

On a muggy July evening just after work, people in the World Trade Center PATH train station hustle by on their Tuesday commute home, talking into their cell phones as they ...

Even in the middle of the noisy competition hall, with dozens of other swords clashing and thwacking, the sound of a saber blade breaking is unmistakable. Usually you stop to see ...

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 ...

What does a man want in a wife? Does he look for an independent, equal partner? Or does he want a Mrs. Cleaver/Barbie hybrid, a domestic goddess who lives ...

Whether it's Pilates or spinning, marathoning or extreme kayaking, Americans love their exercise. No doubt the number of new gym memberships and fitness-related New Year's resolutions will spike in a couple ...

Perhaps it is fitting that it took someone whose job it is to satirize sacred cows and poke fun at hypocrites to write one of the most powerful spiritual ...

The most fascinating disguise in this summer's blockbuster Spiderman 2 has nothing to do with special effects or characters on the screen. Though the second installment in the franchise ...

To an older generation of Roman Catholics, the mention of traditional devotions like the eucharistic adoration and liturgy of the hours might elicit either chilling memories of ...

I can't keep quiet any longer. Beyond the teeth I'm going to finally reveal the reason why daytime and prime time (Sun-Thurs., May 17-May 26, 2004) versions of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? have been such ...

Don Imus' plugs I first spotted Father Joe, Tony Hendra's new spiritual autobiography, on a bookshelf in our office. At Commonweal magazine we receive dozens of books a month from various religious ...

I love those cream-egg Easter candies. Your know the kind - milk chocolate shell with that gooey sweet sugar cream filling...

I often see her around town. Sitting, wandering, she drifts unnoticed through the streets ot Portland.

One thing leads to another... Seems like that's always how these things happen.

My divorce is now several months behind me and the Diocese is considering the case for annulment.