The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is to hand over your whole self — all your wishes, and precautions — to Christ.

As things slow for summer, I've been back at writing the sequel to my book A Deeper Vision.

It's an old joke but a true one:

Our late, beloved Fr. James V. Schall, through all his travels and adventures, took care not to have out of reach a copy of Boswell's Life of Johnson.

Fear is contagious.

When Dr Watson first describes the character of Sherlock Holmes, he presents the man who is soon to become his friend as a complete philistine where literature and philosophy are concerned.

Nellie Cashman (c. 1845–1925), "Angel of the Mining Camps," wore many hats: nurse, businesswoman, restaurateur, Catholic philanthropist.

"Like fighting an addiction, being an antiracist requires persistent self-awareness, constant self-criticism, and regular self-examination," says Ibram X. Kendi, author of best-selling "How to Be an Antiracist".

On the life and works of the master humorist.

These stories are all about unsupervised children.