There once was an acrobat who liked to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. Whenever he did, a huge crowd would gather to watch. "Do you believe that I can do this?" he would ask. "Yes!" the crowd would reply. Continue »

We believe in one God, the Father Almighty . . . Continue »

It's amazing how intellectual we can be—not in the sense of being highly educated or reading a lot of books, but in the importance we tend to place on what we know. Especially in this age of the computer and the Internet, of online blogs and twenty-four hour news networks, we can put a lot of confidence in what we can learn or discover. It seems that now, more than any other time in history, knowledge really is power. Continue »

It really is an adventure trying to live the Christian life in this world, isn't it? On one hand, we get to enjoy all of the blessings that the world has to offer—the beauty of nature, the excitement of developing our talents, even the enjoyment of delicious foods. Continue »

In his living room wall, Matthew Segaali has a painting of twenty-two young men and boys in Ugandan tribal dress. Some of them are standing in front of a backdrop of upraised spears; the rest, in front of flames as tall as they are. Continue »

We are seated on faded plastic chairs perched on the dirt floor of a one-room corrugated tin home. It belongs to Ovalia, a forty-three-year-old Guatemalan woman who is expecting her ninth child. Her face is lined, her hands rough. Her eyes are weary, but they seem to shine with an inner light. Continue »

Chad Perreault is now serving with a Marine unit in Afghanistan, where Catholic chaplains are also in short supply. Continue »