5 Steps for a Patient Advent
We all know that Advent has become a counter-cultural time for patience and waiting, a virtue becoming less and less known to our fast-paced world.…
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Desensitized to a Messy World
Last week, an interview on “The Daily Show with John Stewart” with former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, began with this exchange: Jon Stewart: “How’s…
Discerning Spirits at the Multiplex
My hands coated in synthetic butter, Diet Coke gurgling up through my straw, I thought, “Lord I believe that I am in your presence and…
Keeping Gratitude Simple
I’m a proud alumnus of a Jesuit school — Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. One thing the Jesuits are very good at doing…