Daniel P. Horan

We can experience the Holy Spirit by becoming attuned to the Spirit's movement in our experiences, says Fr. Daniel P. Horan. We just might find that she defies our preconceived notions of God.

Fr. Daniel P. Horan notes that "Holy Spirit atheism" has real and practical consequences. We need to remember the Lord, the giver of life, he says.

Christmas isn't over yet, says columnist Fr. Daniel P. Horan, who compares the "game changer" of the Incarnation to family gatherings after COVID-19.

This Christmas, consider the "minority opinion" about why Jesus became human, says columnist Franciscan Fr. Daniel P. Horan.

It's never too late to enroll as the students we are in the continuing education of Christian discipleship, especially during the season of Advent. Franciscan Fr. Daniel P. Horan suggests starting with the work of philosopher Dallas Willard.

While having regular publication deadlines hanging over my head can be daunting at times, I find myself renewed in gratitude for this part of my work and ministry as I write my 100th column for NCR.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution is aspirational, but what if we acknowledged our "original sins," as South Africa's post-apartheid document does?

Many Catholic leaders, politicians, academics and ordinary people alike are part of an anti-religious-liberty movement, oftentimes claiming without irony to do so in the name of "religious freedom."

Pope Francis recently gave a talk at a conference on migrant and refugee education, but his words have broader implications for higher education here in the U.S., says columnist Daniel P. Horan.

On a pragmatic level, the church should be concerned about how discrimination against LGBTQ folks has young people walking away, but such discrimination is also inherently sinful, argues Franciscan Fr. Daniel Horan.

During this Season of Creation, columnist Fr. Daniel Horan reminds us of the frightening short- and long-term consequences of nuclear war on the environment.

Fr. Daniel Horan: Too often, the gospel that is preached by Christians in word and deed is not that of Jesus Christ, but of power, influence, politics, control and fear.

Fr. Daniel Horan: Over the years, my perspective on the U.S. has shifted when I'm abroad and able to look at America from afar — most recently in South Africa as the Jan. 6 hearings were held back home.

Fr. Daniel Horan: Recognizing that I could not run competitively in these July races, I gave prayerful thanks for the gift of health and recovery that allowed me to put one step in front of another, at whatever pace.

Fr. Daniel Horan: Too often, we humans live as if everything is about us and all nonhuman creation is for us to do with as we please. But more of us are beginning to explore of the idea of nonhuman animal personhood.

Utica is unquestionably better off because of the thousands of refugees and their families that have resettled there, and as Susan Hartman's new book makes clear in their own words, so are they.

Fr. Daniel Horan: To paraphrase one of Jesus' teachings, you cannot serve both God and guns. To those trying to square the circle of their demonstrated love of guns and alleged love of God, I ask: What is your true religion?

Those who identify as Christians, especially those of us who are white Christians, have a responsibility rooted in the core of our faith tradition to diagnose and respond to the viruses of racism and gun violence.

What if our starting point in thinking about what it means to be a person in communion with God, oneself and the world was not reduced to institutional belonging, but instead began with humans' inherent capacity for God?

In Lenten practices, I hadn't yet done much in terms of what might be called "digital fasting." And I was unsure what to expect when Ash Wednesday rolled around this year and I logged off the social media apps.