My eyes flew open to a strange, eerie silence. I rolled over and glared at the red numbers on my alarm clock: 8:32. It hadn’t gone off, and I was already late for Sociology. I leapt out of bed, threw on yesterday’s clothes and rushed out the door. On the freeway, I grumbled at the [...]

IT WAS A CRISP DAY in Crestwood, 20 miles north of New York City. In my ninth month of pregnancy, I could do nothing but waddle. That morning, I had waddled my way to chapel for morning prayers. After the service, I trudged up the hill under a denim sky, so blue and fresh my [...]

My church was seeking a head priest, or a rector. I saw a priest praying, and assumed he was a candidate for the position. Not being the shy sort, I didn’t hesitate to ask him. “Excuse me — are you applying to be the rectum of our church?” He looked up at me, and for [...]

This is the conclusion of a two-part article. To see the first part, click here. Shannon O’Neill was eager to share the song she’d just learned with her 21-year-old sister Katie. As Shannon strummed her guitar, Katie sang these words with her sweet, soft voice: I stand to praise You but I fall down on my [...]

Sometimes you can’t see it coming. In the cold, dark early morning hours of Dec. 12, an 18-year-old University of Chicago student jumped from the roof of his dormitory, meeting his death on the pavement below. With more than 600 students living in his tight-knit dorm, this introverted young man had slipped through the cracks. [...]