Category: Memoir

Confession: It’s Good for the Soul

The homily I heard the first Sunday in Advent wasn’t the usual “longing for our Savior” one. Instead, the priest talked about what we do in darkness—and how frightening it can be to shine the light on those things. Paradoxically, confession—part of shining the light on our darkness—keeps many inactive Catholics away from the Church.… Continue reading Confession: It’s Good for the Soul

We Gather Together

I don’t watch much TV these days (other than American Idol and Ice Road Truckers in season), but once upon a time I was a TV devotee. Of all the shows I ever watched, I don’t think one spoke to me or reflected my life more

Thanks Giving

Thanksgiving 1961 in my hometown of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was warm, warm enough for my cousins and me to run around outside our house on North Summit Avenue without coats while our fathers watched football and our

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