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Let there be words. Creative non-fiction from a Catholic soul obsessed with words and in love with The Word.
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An Unexpected Essay (opens the original)
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ChuckChuck stood a few inches taller than me, sturdy and muscular with a buzz haircut and a perpetually cocky expression on his face. Self-confident and shrewd, he knew exactly how far he could go without officially breaking a rule—and if he did break a rule, he knew how not to get caught. I was fortunate enough to have Chuck in my sixth period class.As a first-year teacher in a small-town high school, I had all kinds of ideas about managing a room full of teenagers, and some of them worked, but
On the Case (opens the original)
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On August 27 we celebrate the feast of Saint Monica, a devoted wife, mother, and prayer warrior whose name we probably wouldn’t know if not for her son, Saint Augustine of Hippo, who wrote about her in his letters, dialogues, and autobiography.But thanks to her son, we know Monica’s name and much more. We know she lived a life of character and service. We know of her virtue and deep faith, and we know that she suffered, having married a temperamental man whose abuse she endured patiently for yea
To the Very End (opens the original)
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My best friend in high school got a ride home from a rehearsal one night with a friendly but peculiar guy in the grade ahead of us. The next morning she tracked me down in the hallway to tell me how it went. Apparently, they’d ridden along in silence the entire way—no music, no chitchat, nothing. She figured she’d just get out of the car with a quick, “Thanks, see you tomorrow.”But then the guy turned to her and asked, “Do you ever think about death?”I don’t remember how she answered him, but I
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