Reconsidering Mary Magdalene

She was not the prostitute that you read about in Luke 7:36-50. Her story begins in Luke 8:1-3, which says, “Soon afterwards Jesus went through…

Spooky Saints No More

Lately, I’ve been considering teaching my son Matthew about the saints. At the big-boy age of 5, he’s surely old enough to become captivated by…

A Radical Leaps

On a chilly April night, I’m standing on the stone altar of my childhood church, forehead dripping with chrism, when the guy next to me…