Psalm 23 and a Biblical Imagination for Catechesis
The Church Fathers invite us to teach the faith in ways that emerge out of patient readings and re-readings of Scripture.
Christian Discipleship in Northern Canada
I determined at the outset that Christian teaching must have concrete purchase on the lives of Christian people.
Forming Communities of Practice
How should the Church educate her young adults?
Keep These Words in Your Heart
My three-year-old son poured water over my hand with a little shell, anointed my hand with some olive oil in the sign of the cross, and handed me a candle — over and over and over again.
Humble King of Kings
As the king of all, Jesus could have come down from the cross, as the bystanders dared him to do.
What are we doing, and why, in infant baptism?
Getting baptized means that you are being brought into Jesus’ family.
What is the sign of the cross?
"The sign of the cross is a prayer."
A catechism of Nature (6): Circles of disturbance and perception
One’s circle of disturbance is inversely proportional to the size of one’s circle of perception. If you are only aware of what is immediately around you, then you will be more apt to frighten animals you don’t see with your ruckus. There is a spiritual lesson in all of this.