We've been Touched by an Angel and even walked the Highway to Heaven. Yes, folks, divine intervention has found its way into prime time television ...

What I call the "Matrix phenomenon" is something I wanted to believe in and tried to understand. For a split second, this phenomenon allowed me to believe in ...

I. Java Goddess and Garage Man Renée: With our house-hunting completed, I can now list yet another way in which Jim and I are different. Those comments ...

Does Cuba's revolutionary and pop icon Ernesto "Che" Guevara truly inspire those of us working for peace and justice in the 21st century? A recent photo exhibit in East Los Angeles suggests ...

Let's not talk about sex Though the clergy sex abuse scandal garners its own chapter in this nearly 400-page tome, the crisis Peter Steinfels describes is not limited to priest pedophiles, hush ...

The big red stripe ran the length of the white envelope proclaiming, Juror Summons Enclosed. Jury duty. I decided to take a positive attitude. Why not? They do pay forty bucks a day; it's a ...

When my wife and I had been married two years, people would ask me, "How long have you been married?" I'd hold up a pair of fingers and reply, "Two," take a slight pause, and ...

Ever wonder where Halloween traditions came from? Are they evil? Pagan? Holy? Fire FestivalsThe ancient Celts celebrated seasonal feasts to honor the gods of nature. Halloween's pagan origin was a fire festival known as ...

So I'm dumping the box of Halloween costumes out on the floor last night, and� there wasn't much there. I don't mean there wasn't a great deal to choose from--we're talking about fourteen year's worth ...

The new book Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company That Changed the World by Chris Lowney puts a new spin on the commonly discussed topic of leadership. The author, a Jesuit seminarian ...

I am huge fan of reality television, but I never watched many network reality shows until I moved and my finances decided for me (to hold off on getting cable). My archaic rabbit ears only receive ...

I might as well admit it, the words "presidential election" cause me to fantasize about moving to a desert island where all the mind-numbing nonsense that passes for campaigning ...

February 16, 2003, New York—Maybe the best makeshift protest sign came as we rounded the corner on to the demonstration site on First Avenue. Someone—we couldn't see the bearer—had duct-taped a ...

ALF says hello In the middle of the American desert, mankind cups his ear to the cosmos: several highly powerful satellite dishes constantly scan the skies, searching for extraterrestrial radio contact attempts ...

"Build my children a house"February 2, 1989. Her skin was tanned and wrinkled. Her hands were large and rough. Despite her short stature, Mother Teresa managed to hush an arena of 15,000 by simply standing ...

I love reading books by my contemporaries. I picked up The Quality of Life Report and The Devil Wears Prada more out of curiosity about their young authors than ...

I've never tried it, but I don't think I can pray at a rock concert or in a crowded bar. Maybe it's possible if you have good powers of ...

Rush Limbaugh died last week. In a way. The Rush I knew?my principled companion for three hours a day?is in some very serious legal trouble, under investigation for illegally purchasing painkillers. I never expected perfection from Rush? ...

Sitting prominently on a shelf in my office is a picture of myself and John Paul II. Its proof of the day I met someone who has given his ...

Times have changed. Have you noticed how different things are today? As a generic white kid growing up in Southern California, I couldn't help but notice the prejudice local Latino folks endured. ...