Beyond Catholic Guilt
It took me by surprise when my two very successful cousins, who both recently graduated from law school, said to me, “You’re going to have…
My Adorable Community
I know that my mother suffered terribly from postpartum depression after giving birth to my brother Franz and me, yet she and my father weren’t…
The Equalizer
My Iraqi friend, Ali, says that before the first Gulf War, Iraq didn’t have any homeless people. The rich took care of the poor and…
Time for the Intangibles
No one’s in the kitchen with Martha “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things,” said Jesus (Luke 10:38-42) after a productive Martha…