Richard Mammana
The first day of April this year brings the announcement in Japan that that country’s […]
Despite a seldom-interrupted lifelong habit of weekly church attendance, I have difficulty recalling the content […]
One of the most memorable moments in all of Western literature is in Augustine’s Confessions. […]
I spent Christmastide of 1993-1994 in a rural village on Shikoku, Japan’s smallest main island. […]
Few physical objects cause me more sorrow than do discarded Christmas trees. Starting on Christmas […]
Editor’s note: the following post touches on disturbing topics such as child abuse and should be read with discretion. It is a follow-up to Richard’s recent piece, “Praying Twice.”
Editor’s note: the following post touches on sensitive topics such as child abuse and should […]
There is a tendency to portray the bedtime of small children as something idyllic: warm […]
For about a century, proud and dead Americans imagined themselves to be Egyptians. Throwing away […]
In the narthex of my parish church there is a beautiful monument of American religious […]