Three men and a boy were sitting round a fire. A clear night sky stretched above them, glittering with stars. The air was crisp and cold, so it felt good, drinking hot coffee from a can.

The whole life of Takashi Nagai was one of continual conversion and growth in wisdom and knowledge.

Evangelization has only begun to touch the surface of Japan's ancient culture and deep religious sensibility. 

François Mauriac (1885–1970), French author and journalist, won the Nobel Prize in Literature "for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life."

"What are you writing, my old friend?" said a kindly man, looking with care upon a figure lost in thought, with parchment before him.

"Michael O'Brien is, I believe, the greatest living Catholic novelist... There are not many people in the world who are more worth meeting than Michael O'Brien." - Peter Kreeft

When Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam entered Game 5 of the NBA Finals, he did what he always does, he crossed himself and then pointed upward to the sky.

Life was fun and exciting for her—until a tragedy that prompted deep soul-searching.

It was the late 1990s, and I went up to "Rolling Stone" on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan to say hello to my old friend Bobby Love who was the longtime managing editor.

"Master," said the young man, "Your way of life is the noblest I've ever known, and when I hear your words about God I seem almost to touch the heavens."