“For my kids, using their imaginations isn’t just a way to pass the time; it’s a spiritual survival strategy, one that just might help us parents survive, too.”
Olivier Messiaen’s ‘Three Small Liturgies’ debuted as war raged in Europe. Now we listen to his masterpiece in a new context—Christmas during a pandemic.
George Scialabba has provided not just a profound account of depression, but a reminder of how precarious our lives can be, and how much we need each other.
Democrats can’t rely on changing demographics to guarantee majorities; American immigration history proves there is much more at play than race or ethnicity.
“Some days, although we cannot pray—because we are too busy, or because we are in too much pain, or simply because the words will not come—a prayer utters itself.”
For John Cottingham, theism provides a framework for consciousness and morality. Belief is thus a live option for thoughtful, intellectually responsible people.
If we assume all Hispanics are part of a liberal majority, we miss something fundamental about Hispanics in the United States, and therefore about the U.S. itself.
Through her activism and pioneering work in African-American Catholic spirituality, Sr. Thea Bowman challenged the Church to confront its own systemic racism.
