A Tale of Two Transfers

Often it’s the things that don’t turn out the way we’d planned that teach us the most about ourselves and what’s important. A more philosophical…

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Busted: Morgan Atkinson

Introduction and interview by Bill McGarvey It is no surprise that a young seeker—as Morgan Atkinson was back in the mid-1970s—would be interested in the…

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The Belly of a Paradox

Forty years ago today, Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk and perhaps the most popular American Catholic writer in history, stepped out of a bathroom shower…

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Opening the Floodgates

So a few weeks ago I began a series on Natural Family Planning (NFP) to start an open and honest discussion about the what, why…

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Why NFP?

When Mary Alice Teti read Dr. Christine Whelan’s recent article on natural family planning (NFP), she was excited to see such an important issue being…

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God Doesn’t Need an Invitation

I smiled ruefully on reading Cara O’Brien’s article, “Do We Invite God?” Whether to “invite” God to the wedding is clearly a sincere question for…

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God’s Economics

Whether it is the rising cost of your weekly grocery bill, water cooler rumors about layoffs or the nightly news, everyone is reminded about the…

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Do We Invite God?

The women sitting behind my mother were horrified. They had just heard the wedding vows of a radiant young couple, vows that included no mention…

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