Hope: First Sunday of Advent During the Advent season, families should spend time together preparing for the approaching celebration of the birth of Christ. An Advent wreath can be a great focal point for family…
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On Control | With Suzie Norfleet Nobody wakes up in the morning and says, “Well, I’ve got options today. I think I’ll get terminal cancer.” That’s not something we want. We never want people we…
The Gifts We've Been Given Through Pentecost After Easter Sunday, Christmas is the second-greatest feast in the Christian liturgical calendar, but Pentecost Sunday is not far behind. Coming 50 days after Easter and ten days…
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The Math of Service You’ve seen Karen before, even if you couldn’t put the name with the face. If you do know her, then you sort of know ‘the deal’ with Karen. She’s into everything.…
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Father Bob Interviews Michael Polsinelli Although frequently overshadowed by Good Friday and Easter, Palm Sunday is an important part of Jesus’ ministry on its own. Palm Sunday commemorates the triumphal entrance of Christ into Jerusalem…
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Cardinal: maintain, yet reinterpret doctrine VATICAN CITY - In its approach to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics, the Catholic Church needs to find a middle ground that does not destroy or abandon doctrine, but offers…
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What Matters on the Mountain is all that Matters At the request of Father Bob, I’m going to recount the events of a mission trip I went on. I don’t like to share too many…
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A Path Much Less Traveled Our plans or God’s plans? How much do we all want to control life? We all have the need to feel in control to some degree, and the tendency is…
Journey of the Suttons I think, as kids, we have ideas about the plotline our lives are supposed to follow. We go to school for a while. We find jobs or start companies. We fall…