Tag Archives: Church Dialogue

Can the Eucharist Unite Us?

Check out my latest post on Patheos.com, entitled “Can the Eucharist Unite Us?“

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What If Resurrection Is A Choice?

Check out my reflection on the Easter Sunday readings at From the Pews in the Back, entitled “What If Resurrection Is A Choice?“.  You can also find this entry cross-posted on God’s Politics, a blog by Jim Wallis & Friends.

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Silence.

“We don’t need a moment of silence.  There has been too much silence already. I propose noise—a moment of clapping.” A woman said this to Karen during her recent trip to Honduras. Along with a group of students from Harvard … Continue reading

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Wide White Margins, And A Few Words

On the days when I particularly overwhelmed–when I am convinced that any reform in my church will require at least 10 million perfect words, when I am sure that nothing I can think or say or write will ever make … Continue reading

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The Difficult “Thank You”

Check out my latest post–a Thanksgiving post!–on CTA’s Young Adult Catholic Blog, entitled “The Difficult ‘Thank You.’”

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Jesus, I’m Waiting

Check out my reflection on this Sunday’s liturgical readings on the From the Pews in the Back blog. It’s entitled, “Jesus, I’m Waiting.”

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Easy Talk, Hard Livin’

I think it is safe to say that there has never been a time when religion existed that a need for inter-religious dialogue did not. And with the horror of the Holocaust looming, with the violence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict … Continue reading

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Wally’s Cathedral

The liturgy begins when a handsome young man, dressed neatly in an argyle sweater, lifts the worn brass trumpet to his lips. His eyes are closed, his composure calm.  With just one breath, everything in the tiny cathedral comes to … Continue reading

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This Is What A Catholic Woman Looks Like

New stuff on a new site! Check out my article, “This Is What A Catholic Woman Looks Like,” featured  in the “Young Women & Catholicism” column at www.Patheos.com.

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In Communion with John Kerry

Last Sunday I found myself smack in the middle of a protest between pro-choice feminists and anti-abortion Catholics.  This Sunday I took communion with Senator John Kerry. It wasn’t until halfway through the Mass that I realized the deep singing … Continue reading

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