By Gary Topping– For several years now, my wife Marianna has been spending a February weekend with a friend of ours in Seattle. The primary purpose of the visit is…
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By Jathan Janove (Guest Contributor)– My Aunt Inga and Uncle John met as young schoolteachers embarking on their careers. Now in their 80s, they’ve been together ever since. They currently…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– As a near-lifelong resident of Utah, I never lived in a place where my last name was common. As a result, whenever I was doing any…
By Gary Topping– When I first started watching The Way, the 2010 movie produced and directed by Emilio Estevez and starring, among others, himself and his father Martin Sheen, I…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– It’s understandable in some ways but also ironic in many others. Disdain for the Catholic Church runs high in 2020 not just because of the child…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Clients are calling my law office these days asking about the coronavirus and emerging workplace hysteria towards persons who may share characteristics of those thought to…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– The Bible is not just a font of spiritual edification. During a lifetime spent trying to appreciate excellent writing, I have come to love the good…
By Gary Topping– In religious education classes and homilies over the years, I have been taught that the Greek language recognizes at least two different types of love. This first,…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Manifestations of divine grace are elusive. Often the best place to discover them is in the simple things—music, dance, wine, delicious food, and kind company. Some…
By Gary Topping— Our blogger-in-chief, Mike O’Brien, has shared with us many colorful and inspiring stories of his boyhood with the Trappist monks at Huntsville, Utah. I don’t have any…