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The good shepherd

Monday, August 16, 2010

I had relegated shepherds to the unicorn file, somewhere near the hunch-backed blacksmith and the whistling milk man. They were the stuff of Mother Goose lore. So it was surprising to discover actual shepherds when I visited the Holy Land. I was riveted by the sloping landscape of Jesus’ ministry. Two tones checkered our vistas: crusty [...]

Facing The 10-Year Reunion

Friday, August 13, 2010

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It was 4 p.m., and hesitance was creeping in. “Ten-year high-school reunion,” she tweeted. “To go or not to go?” A single mom who had just been let go was facing a chance to prove she had not let herself go – and seeking a little courage online. She played punk rock, applied extra blush and pinned on [...]

Off the grid, out of the grind

Friday, June 18, 2010

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“Are you tweeting from Palestine?” It was a harmless question popping up in my inbox, and I had already begun typing my Twitter handle, eager to pick up a few more followers, when I paused to consider the offer I was about to make. Did I really want to chronicle my Holy Land trip via Twitter? [...]

PODCAST- Toss or save a Catholic take on spring cleaning

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

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Author’s cut of the April column Twenty Something.

PODCAST: Eventual Motherhood – March 2010

Thu, Mar 4, 2010

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Podcast for the March 2010 Twenty Something column Eventual Motherhood.

Podcast: Heeding Heidi – February 2010

Fri, Feb 26, 2010

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Podcast for the February 2010 article Heeding Heidi.

Baltimore, MD

Fri, Feb 26, 2010

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Postcard from my Baltimore trip to visit the Oblates.

Celebrating a century, marking a moment

Mon, Feb 8, 2010

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“I found my lost sheep,” the letter began. I recognized the curly cursive and oversized periods. The return address label was classic Joe Pexa — a remnant of a bygone era: a Norman Rockwell image of a boy, a girl, a dog and a white-picket fence. It was written last June to invite me to his 100th [...]