We all sense that the current crisis in our nation is more than just a passing bit of social unrest. 

I grew up the beneficiary of white privilege.

Here I just want to put down the little things that make people feel truly welcome and comfortable in your home; the generous touches of warm hosting I have observed in others, that make for a culture of friendship and festivity.

"He is truly there in the Eucharist," says Amelia Shripka.

Truths become truisms by being true.

The early Church saw challenges to truths about God, the Reformation-era Church saw challenges to truths about the Church herself, and today's Church is confronted by challenges to truths about man—the being made in the image and likeness of God whom the Church is tasked with protecting.

What do you do when you finish reading with children, say, at bedtime?

Peace, said Saint Augustine, is the tranquility of order. 

A little learning is a dangerous thing (Alexander Pope) … and it’s expensive, too.

Recently, I wrote here an article, "Toxic Femininity," that had nothing to do with toxic femininity.