Chattanooga Times Free Press

First Things First: A different kind of resolution

But what if this year, instead of resolving to fix ourselves, we focused on strengthening our relationships? After all, research consistently shows that the quality of our relationships, not our ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press

First Things First: Grief is more than five neat stages

As lights go up and holiday music follows us into every store, grief has a way of slipping into the season uninvited. Someone mentioned to me recently that the "five stages of grief" have been ...
National Catholic Register

First Things First: What the Consistory Reveals About Pope Leo’s Priorities

COMMENTARY: The extraordinary consistory sheds light on Pope Leo XIV’s for sequence — beginning with discernment before direction. Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd in St. Peter’s Square from the central ...