Let’s get one thing clear: I like the taste of meat. I like double bacon cheeseburgers. I like steak so rare it moos. On Thanksgiving ...

We are told it is natural to thirst for fulfillment in aligning our life with God's plan for us and to thirst for the kingdom ...

I went to Mass every Sunday with my father throughout my childhood, and even said evening prayers with him until I was a teenager. Then ...

When we speak to God are we affecting His plans? Are we influencing the future? And if not, why do we persist in asking God ...

When I learned of Osama bin Laden's death, my immediate reaction was indifference. I didn't share the jubilant response that seemed to be sweeping the ...

At 13, I walked the halls of my middle school proudly as the smart Egyptian girl who brought in stuffed grape leaves for lunch and ...

In that cosmically complex and fun butterfly effect way of looking at the world, we may never have been born if it wasn't for Thomas Merton, the world's most prominent Catholic monk and prolific author. ...

As we look back over 2011 we're reminded of all the great stories, columns, blog posts and videos. Here's a list of the most popular stories on bustedhalo.com this year...

“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.” (Matthew 5:9) Lately I’ve been thinking about the Beatitudes, as well as ...

When Clarence Clemons joined the E Street Band in October 1972, I was six months old. He was just beginning his musical ...

For most of the public history of alcoholism and drug addiction all the way back to Noah, the general impression has been that it is ...

Steve Jobs was never a corporate man. The early personal computer industry was an outgrowth of the radical back-to-the-land ethos and even the name "Apple" ...

Could there have been anyone more gorgeous, more sumptuous, and more glamorous to a girl growing up in the ‘50s and 60s than Elizabeth Taylor, ...

As the year draws to a close, we're reminded of many significant endings in 2011. Here's a short list of what got our (and the ...

My wonderful five-year-old nephew has been asking questions about a certain topic the past few months.  He has been talking with all of these boys at school and my sister—his mother—decided that he was ready.  ...

A defining Gospel passage during Advent is the genealogy text from Matthew's Gospel (1:1-17). At first glance, these verses simply appear to be ...

My relatives are an eclectic bunch, pretty evenly split -- to use crude and somewhat useless political labels -- between Left and Right; our religious diversity includes Catholics, Mormons, evangelicals, United Church of Christ members ...

The most exciting part of the holiday season, no matter your age, is that glorious image of waking up on Christmas day to find shiny ...

Advent is a precious time in the Christian calendar. The four weeks leading up to December 25 are meant to be a period of expectant waiting, as we prepare ourselves for the miraculous arrival ...

Hollywood families (at least in their writers' imagination) seem to have warm and fuzzy family Christmas dinners. Mine are more complex. Somehow, the relative morality ...