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Relief for the shattered spirit
The ground shudders in delight when cargo-laden freight trains rumble down the century-old rail route running along the gulf waters in coastal...
National Catholic Reporter, 12/14/07 by Deborah Halter · More from publication -
The joys of walking vs. the need for speed
I originally intended, in this essay, to pat myself on the back for all the walking I've done in the last 18 months. That's when I moved from the...
National Catholic Reporter, 06/22/07 by Deborah Halter · More from publication -
The riches of being downwardly mobile: letting go of possessions can be painful, but leads to great rewards
I've been downwardly mobile for about 20 years now. During that time, I've downsized from a 5,000-square-foot Southern colonial, to a...
National Catholic Reporter, 12/15/06 by Deborah Halter · More from publication -
The long goodbyes: leaving New Orleans and the Catholic church
This has been a Catholic city longer than America has been a constitutional democracy. The still-fading echoes of Latin plainchant haunt the French...
National Catholic Reporter, 09/01/06 by Deborah Halter · More from publication -
Faith and questions that confound
Lust for certitude is palpable in my classroom, and understandably so. Every semester, I teach two undergraduate sections of Catholicism at a...
National Catholic Reporter, 10/28/05 by Deborah Halter · More from publication -
Cheesy, fruity and holy temptations
Brilliant and quirky Thomas Merton in the 1950s often sfood at odds with his religious superior, Dora James Fox, a Harvard Business School graduate...
National Catholic Reporter, 12/24/04 by Deborah Halter · More from publication -
After talking about God, learning to talk to God
Near the end of his life and of his phenomenal inquiry into the nature of God and faith, Thomas Aquinas was transfixed by an ecstasy so forceful...
National Catholic Reporter, 12/17/04 by Deborah Halter · More from publication -
Chaplain, nun and captain on the Mississippi: the men didn't expect a chaplain who knew the river culture and its lingo, the waterway and its dangers, or, especially, the complexity and loneliness of their jobs
When Simon Peter and his brother Andrew answered a call to become not only fishermen but also "fishers of men," they might have wondered what,...
National Catholic Reporter, 09/17/04 by Deborah Halter · More from publication -
Scarce resources challenge South's religious educators
Religious educators face stiff challenges, beginning with their job description. What is it, exactly, that they're supposed to accomplish? And how?...
National Catholic Reporter, 03/26/04 by Deborah Halter · More from publication -
Catechesis for Boomers in AARP land
As Baby Boomers move into the Land of AARP, we're searching for ways to broaden our chilhood education according to the Baltimore Catechism, that...
National Catholic Reporter, 03/26/04 by Deborah Halter · More from publication
