By Michael Patrick O’Brien– In a shady grove at the Shaarey Tzedek (“Gates of Righteousness”) cemetery in the foothills of Salt Lake City, I placed a small red rock on…
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By Michael Patrick O’Brien– (Stalker: a person who pursues someone stealthily- http://www.dictionary.com/browse/stalker) I have come to believe it is possible to be stalked and shadowed by someone who has been…
By Guest Contributor Father David Altman, O.C.S.O.– (Editor Note: this is the eulogy delivered on June 23, 2018 for Brother Nicholas (February 17, 1927 – June 18, 2018) by his…
By Gary Topping– The best wisdom I can contribute to this blog—perhaps all the wisdom—is what I glean from others whose intelligence, eloquence and spirituality attract my attention. Going through…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien I am not well known for making blueberry pies. In fact, prior to July 3, 2017, I never made even one, which is why I am…
By Gary Topping– For me, one of the pleasures of subscribing to the Deseret News (my online subscription sets me back a whopping $3.64 a month) is Michael Gerson’s syndicated…
By Cardinal Vincent Nichols (Guest Contributor)– (Editor’s note: I was attending mass in Chelsea, London, England on June 24, 2018 when the presiding priest read this pastoral letter. I enjoyed…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Author Mitch Albom, of Tuesdays with Morrie fame, wrote another book about conversations (Have a Little Faith) in which a rabbi tells him, “Nothing haunts us…
By Jean Welch Hill– “Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassion on this…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– As I noted in a previous posting, because I could not attend the celebration of the 35th anniversary of my graduation from the University of Notre…