On Mondays, I answer questions frequently asked by those considering a return to the Catholic Church. How do I know this stuff? I was away for more than 30 years myself, and am the co-author of When They Come Home: Ways to Welcome Returning Catholics, a book for pastors and parish leaders interested in this… Continue reading Returning Catholics FAQs: Scripture and Our Lives
Category: Going 60 MPH
Believing in Change
Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. A parish council meeting that had gone on and on and on finally seemed to be ending. Then someone piped up randomly with: “Father, do you think people… Continue reading Believing in Change
On the Nightstand: October 2016
I recently reconnected with Ginger Kolbaba, an editor and writer I knew and respected a great deal when our paths crossed about fifteen years ago. In one of those God-is-so-fun situations, Ginger edited my dear friend Letitia Suk’s new book about do-it-yourself women’s retreats. Well, one thing led to another and Ginger is now critiquing a… Continue reading On the Nightstand: October 2016
Friends in Faith: Paula Hummel
Paula Hummel and I grew up less than a hundred miles apart in the Upper Midwest. (Me about ten years before her, but does that really matter? Not to me!) We have some other similarities in our backgrounds, but it’s the way Paula lives her faith today that inspires me. She’s a devoted wife and… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Paula Hummel