After graduation, mascara barely dry from losing the remaining ties to my old life, I joined my former professor’s weekly networking group. I had been ...

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In one of the opening shots of Machine Gun Preacher, a member of warlord Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) kneels a mother down before her child. He hands the child a club and screams ...

I probably should have had an obit for Steve Jobs ready to run. We had a dry run when he resigned as head of Apple ...

“We believe that people with passion can change the world for the better.”  This summer, I spent a lot of time in a room that overlooked the ...

Do you have trouble forgiving? Well, I hope I don’t shatter anyone’s image of nuns, but I do, too. Some of the sayings connected with forgiveness ...

We’re a nation captivated by coupons. We see them advertised everywhere: Facebook, e-mails, and magazines. Apple has several apps specifically meant for coupon-lovers, and ...

I often hear people talking about living in the present moment as if it is a struggle, some cosmic ...

I'll admit it, I watch the “Jersey Shore.” I’m addicted to the antics of The Situation, the lovable Pauly D, and overly coiffed Snooki. ...

Tekiah Shevarim Teruah It was a Saturday morning in New York City, in a class taught by Rebbetzin Harris, that the meaning of Rosh Hashanah ...

As a recent college graduate, I know a thing or 12 about ...

“I actually enjoyed unemployment.” I don’t remember who said this to me, but I do remember agreeing. It seems strange to enjoy an unwanted thing, ...

Here we go, it’s just about fall, and that means it’s football time. College football is quickly becoming the new religion in this country, and ...

My last column, about waiting patiently for a late bus, provoked some interesting comments and reactions (on the site and directly) that tease out the bigger ...

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The poet W.H. Auden said, “Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.” Indeed, civilizations are made ...

Mary was very perplexing to me before I became a Catholic. She was like some unnamed bird that I could not see and did ...

I probably shouldn’t say this, but I REALLY do not like the Sunday Gospel... the one where ...

The first picture I ever saw of Father Mychal Judge was a photo of his dead body. In the days following 9/11, I was haunted by the image of four men carrying the New York ...

Lord, we see our neighbors hurting as they lose their jobs to layoffs and plant closings and their homes to foreclosure. We pray that in ...