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Category: Features
Seeing God in the faces of families of children with special needs
By Jenna Ebener “[You] may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long …Read More
We’re all useful engines on God’s railway
By Lindsay Steele My 16-month-old son, Bradley, loves Thomas the Tank Engine. He dances in front of the television every …Read More
My old T-shirt, the theologian
By Kathy Berken When I pulled an old black T-shirt from the bottom of my drawer, I first noticed the …Read More
An ordinary man beatified
By Fr. Guillermo Trevino “Why did you come all the way from Iowa for this?” Tony Gutierrez, editor of the …Read More
Out of the Water
By Jourdan Reynolds “When the child grew, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, who adopted him as her son and …Read More
The invisible cross and stigma of depression and mental illness
By Deacon Derick Cranston On Sept. 2, we had a funeral at St. Mary Parish in Riverside for a young …Read More