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Ashley McKinless

America Magazine

New York, NY, United States

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Past articles by Ashley:

Our modern-day Tower of Babel

A Reflection for Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time, by Ashley McKinless → Read More

When Jesus went viral

A Reflection for the Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time, by Ashley McKinless → Read More

What gave Mary her confidence?

A reflection for Thursday of the Fourth Week of Advent, by Ashley McKinless → Read More

‘I feared we would run out of time’: A final conversation with Editor in Chief Matt Malone

Matt Malone, S.J., sat down with executive editor Ashley McKinless for a final interview to discuss his ten years as editor. → Read More

Following Christ—for Christ’s sake.

A Reflection for the Tuesday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time, by Ashley McKinless → Read More

How does Christ want you to feed his sheep today?

A Reflection for the Optional Memorial of Saint John XXIII, by Ashley McKinless → Read More

A lesson in prudence from the dishonest servant

A Reflection for the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Ashley McKinless → Read More

Seeing others (and ourselves) how St. Paul sees

A Reflection for Thursday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time, by Ashley McKinless → Read More

What does it mean to be the ‘light of the world’?

A Reflection for the Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, by Ashley McKinless → Read More

Bringing my imperfect self to confession

A Reflection for the Monday of the Third Week of Lent, by Ashley McKinless. → Read More

God always keeps his promises. What does that mean for the people of Ukraine?

A Reflection for the Thursday after Ash Wednesday “Moses said to the people: ‘Today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and doom. If you obey the commandments of the LORD… you will live and grow numerous, and the LORD, your God, will bless you in the land you are entering to occupy’” (Dt 30:50). “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and… → Read More

Where have all the food miracles gone?

A Reflection for the Wednesday of the First Week of Advent → Read More

Use this time of Lent to reorient yourself towards serving others

We must ask ourselves: Is my ambition driven by the desire serve, or do I simply want a better seat at the table? → Read More

The call to be both spiritual and religious during Advent (and always)

A Reflection for the Third Tuesday of Advent Like most things in 2020, this will be an Advent unlike any other. But each day, you can still take a few minutes to reflect on the coming of our savior at Christmas with short reflections on Scripture, written by the staff of America Media. Subscribe to The Word in Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast player and never miss a reflection. A… → Read More

The Editors on Hiroshima: The U.S. should repent of these crimes against God and man

Today we mark 75 years since the United States became the first nation in history to attack an enemy with an atomic bomb, leveling the city of Hiroshima and killing 140,000 people. → Read More

Bishop Robert Barron on Internet ministry, Black Lives Matter and the art of dialogue

Jesuitical interviews Bishop Robert Barron. → Read More

A visit to the rural Catholic college that has 171 students, 12 horses and zero textbooks

At Wyoming Catholic College, students study great books and the great outdoors. → Read More

Why Malcolm Gladwell wants to think like a Jesuit

This summer, the hosts of this podcast learned they have something in common with Malcolm Gladwell: We all think being called “jesuitical” should be considered a compliment. → Read More

Explainer: How could Bishop Bransfield misuse funds for years without raising red flags?

I knew who I needed to talk to process this news: my mom, an account who once worked for the Archdiocese of Washington. → Read More

How a punk rock journalist found healing in the Catholic Church

Dawn Eden Goldstein was born into a Jewish family, but in her teens and 20s—dealing with cycles suicidal depression—charted her own path as a journalist and devotee of the religion of punk rock. → Read More