
Keys in the Song of Love
January 11, 2018 By Matthew Hennessey
The elevator that takes you up to the Gramercy Typewriter Company is as ancient as the machines they sell there, though nowhere near as cool. The names ring distant bells: Royal, Underwood, Remington, Corona. Restored to original glory, they gleam like vintage showroom Buicks. I visited the Manhattan store twice in December, both times looking […]

Christmas Is Not (Just) A Story
December 5, 2017 By Matthew Hennessey
Then the baby came and all was quiet.

All Are Welcome
September 28, 2017 By Matthew Hennessey
“We take any woman who is pregnant and needs a place to stay.”

Another Office Drone with Vacation Brain
August 25, 2017 By Matthew Hennessey
Why can’t we just live here forever?

Doubts About the Program
March 16, 2017 By Matthew Hennessey
Humans are part of the environment, not a blight upon it.

His Talent Doesn’t Come From Dad
January 19, 2017 By Matthew Hennessey
Many can’t manage their gifts, just as some people can’t handle the truth.

The Only List that Matters
December 11, 2016 By Matthew Hennessey
You can’t win it if you ain’t in it.

Miracle on Perryridge Road
September 16, 2016 By Matthew Hennessey
The rookie has some veterans worried about losing their spots in the batting order.

No Hiding from the Hardest Jobs
July 22, 2016 By Matthew Hennessey
You get paid for the stuff you don’t enjoy, not the stuff you do.

What Day Is It Again?
April 17, 2016 By Matthew Hennessey
Hitching her dreams to mine was no sure thing. She is a woman of strong faith.

In Praise of Rich Uncles
March 21, 2016 By Matthew Hennessey
Special arrangements could always be made.

The Lord God Made Them All
February 19, 2016 By Matthew Hennessey
All of God’s creatures have a place in the choir.

Merry Christmas from the Family
December 11, 2015 By Matthew Hennessey
What can I give Him, poor as I am?

Take the Wife-griping Somewhere Else
November 17, 2015 By Matthew Hennessey
If you need someone to nod his head in agreement while you badmouth your “old lady,” count me out.

Everyone Needs a Friend Like Joe Boots
October 10, 2015 By Matthew Hennessey
He needs these words of praise like he needs poison ivy on the back of his knees.

Secrets of the Big Manila Envelope
September 16, 2015 By Matthew Hennessey
I was a disco-era Howdy Doody.

Mourning the Death of False Idols
July 24, 2015 By Matthew Hennessey
Fathers everywhere measured themselves against Atticus Finch.

Star Wars Is Still Star Wars
May 21, 2015 By Matthew Hennessey
The childhood magic is gone, but the essential messages remain.

Another Easter in the Basement
April 20, 2015 By Matthew Hennessey
“Come. Bring me your troubles. I will make it all okay.”

Lent and Heroism
March 20, 2015 By Matthew Hennessey
You wouldn’t give up your life for a maybe, would you?

Fifty Years a Priest
February 17, 2015 By Matthew Hennessey
A good man celebrates half a century as God’s priest

No Way to Overdose on the Best Medicine
November 18, 2014 By Matthew Hennessey
Laughter is the ballast of love.

Paralyzing diagnosis, amazing child
October 10, 2014 By Matthew Hennessey
He said her spirit is eternal, while her body is only temporary.

A Whiff of the Pipe
September 12, 2014 By Matthew Hennessey
The fragrant, earthy, enveloping smell of pipe tobacco was Grandpa’s trademark.

Stumbling Through Screenland
April 15, 2014 By Matthew Hennessey
Every day spent staring at a screen is a day that could have been spent outside.

When Fear Says Its Prayers
March 19, 2014 By Matthew Hennessey
I’d be terrible company in a fox hole. I’d be useless on a submarine.

The Abortion Stalemate
February 18, 2014 By Matthew Hennessey
Nothing short of Appomattox will make this issue go away.

Actor’s Death Hits Home
February 13, 2014 By Matthew Hennessey
We’ve moved on. Those kids never will.

Candlelight Yoga in Our Lady’s Chapel
January 28, 2014 By Matthew Hennessey
Stretch for us now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

It’s All Too Beautiful
January 17, 2014 By Matthew Hennessey
Whoops and hollers reverberate through the piney timbers as they hurtle themselves down the soft grade of this New England valley.

Dan Malloy vs. the Electric Company
October 1, 2013 By Matthew Hennessey
Maybe the real incompetence here is not on the part of the utilities but the politicians.

Christine Quinn’s Losing Campaign for New York City Mayor
September 3, 2013 By Matthew Hennessey
Nowadays, it just doesn’t do you any good to be an Irish politician in New York City.

Brother James’s True Vocation
August 31, 2013 By Matthew Hennessey
God must have been at work in Brother Elmo’s heart, because he saw something that Brother James couldn’t see in himself.
















