One of my favorite characters in fiction is Konstantin Dmitrich Levin in Leo Tolstoy's great novel Anna Karenina. Levin is an intelligent young aristocrat with...

Contemplative Cooking

Discernment Meredith Gould

Since I no longer believe in coincidence, I'm wondering what God is inviting me to see, not only in the sudden spate of movies...

Understanding Desire

Discernment Tim Muldoon

With the feast day of Saint Augustine coming up later this week (August 28) I have been thinking about his (likely) influence on Saint...

Contemplating My New Bettas

Reflections Meredith Gould

Over the weekend, I went to Petsmart and brought home a new betta, in part because the betta that survived last month's move from...

Biker Dad

Reflections Maureen McCann Waldron

I was driving to the grocery store the other day when the public radio network offered a story about motorcycle gangs, their initiation rituals,...

A Guided Examen

Examen Jim Manney

Every day at 2:05 p.m., students at Strake Jesuit High School in Houston pause and pray an Examen. This is the audio that leads...

Real Presents (Part II)

Reflections Meredith Gould

Moving right along. Where was I? The 5:30 PM liturgy on Friday. I had finally settled down in a back pew when an usher's tap...

Real Presents (Part I)

Reflections Meredith Gould

Just when I'm almost certain that church-the-building is one of the last places I'll encounter God's grace, I receive evidence to the contrary. Being a...