INSIGHT & OPINION

Insight & Opinion

THE TUNNEL MONTHS

Isaac Summers -
When I was a seminarian as a collegiate student, the older guys and our formators warned us about the ‘tunnel months’ whenever our second...
Insight & Opinion

GOOD LITURGY

Isaac Summers -
If you have ever ventured into the online Catholic world, it will not take you long to come across opinions about how liturgy should...
Insight & Opinion

WHAT IS RELATIVISM?

Ryan Weiland -
If there was ever a time when relativism could be treated as a reductio ad absurdum, a self-defeating principle, that time has long since...
Campfire Theologian

GRANDPA PANTOCRATOR

Chris Bayardi -
The living room was dark with just enough sunlight breaching his midday nap time security that I could make my way to the floral...
Insight & Opinion

BURNT OFFERINGS: A HOW-TO GUIDE

Mary Tellier -
Being a cradle Catholic is certainly not without its perks. Steeped in Church teachings and traditions for most of my life, I find getting...
Insight & Opinion

I WENT TO ADORATION IN SHORTS

Mary Tellier -
One glorious afternoon, I had a rare fifteen minutes before I had to pick up my daughters from their Catholic school. I felt a...
Insight & Opinion

‘TIL ALL ARE ONE

Michael Palcsey -
It only takes a few minutes of looking around at my office décor to discover my passion for nerdom.  I wrote this while reflecting...
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A LIVELY CHURCH

Erin Summers -
About six months ago, our family switched parishes. It wasn’t some “large” decision or one that was rooted in being unhappy with our old...
Campfire Theologian

PUPPY PENTECOST

Chris Bayardi -
“You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes to you.” For years I had dreamed of training a dog who would be my four-legged...
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PARENTHOOD: THE LESSER VOCATION?

Mary Tellier -
Entering religious life never really crossed my mind. That sort of sacrifice and relationship with Jesus was for the really holy people. In my...
Insight & Opinion

RESERVOIRS, CHANNELS, AND MINISTRY BURNOUT

Eric Campbell -
If you’ve paid any attention to your local parish or diocesan communities you’ve probably witnessed in some way the crisis that the Church is...
Insight & Opinion

THE COMFORT OF THE RESURRECTION

Catherine Leaver -
It’s sometimes easy to forget that Christ’s Resurrection occurred as an event in time and that much of human history took place before the...
Campfire Theologian

GARLIC – FROM DEATH TO LIFE

Chris Bayardi -
Without fail every October my grandpa would say to me, “You better get yourself some garlic and plant it Christopher.” I never listened, for...
Insight & Opinion

A REFLECTION ON HOPE

Catherine Leaver -
What does it mean to have hope? I’ve often found myself asking this question–probably because it’s a word that’s used so often in conversation...
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AVIAN INVITATORY

Chris Bayardi -
I lay in bed for a few moments peering through the sliver between the curtains spying on the new day wondering what blessings awaited...

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