The Monks and Remembrance Faith Matters People expect monks to keep to their rooms and pray a lot, but that isn’t the sum of their lives. Read More
God’s Tastes in Personnel Faith Matters I sometimes have what may seem unexpected, and even eccentric, tastes in reading. Read More
Black History Month — Beyond Our Borders Faith Matters As we move into the month of February, the phrase “standing in the breach” and the concept of “breach-menders” keep coming to me. Read More
Harmony, Though Not Full Unity, to Open Hearts Faith Matters When the Interfaith Partners of Aiken meet online, it is likely that a couple will tune in from Turkey. Read More
The Silence That Speaks Faith Matters On the calendar of the Chaldean Catholic rite, the Fourth Sunday of Advent is the feast of St. Joseph. Read More
All Good Gifts From the All-Good God Faith Matters Even amid a resurgent pandemic and the summer wildfires, there are reasons to be thankful. Read More
Our Ungodly Search for ‘Niceness’ Faith Matters We have to ask why we cannot use clear language to describe dire threats. Read More
A Celebration of Life Faith Matters Each morning, before I leave our Bluffton convent for Mass, I browse obituaries and death notices in our daily paper. Read More
A Season of Schooling Faith Matters The term 'school' is a convenient metaphor for academic and non-academic life lessons. Read More
On Mission Roads Faith Matters In the late spring and early summer each year for the last few years, I have found myself playing a game I will dub License Plate Solitaire. Read More
The Times, They Are A-Changin Faith Matters When the business my father worked for relocated from New York to Pennsylvania, we city kids found ourselves living in a small borough situated along the Susquehanna River where we could bike just 10 minutes to reach country roads. Read More