Melissa Musick Nussbaum is a teacher, author and speaker. She is a regular columnist for Celebration. She lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 

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Remember those who crowd the empty chairs

Opinion
Nov 7, 2017
Column

Surrogacy laws cruelly treat children as commodities

Opinion
Oct 7, 2017

Bishop William Wack shaped by service

People
Sep 8, 2017
Column

Tulia, Texas, is a complicated place of pain, redemption

Opinion
Justice
Aug 7, 2017

Pallbearing, like life itself, carries weight, risk

Spirituality
My Table Is Spread
Jul 7, 2017

Mercy comes to us from those who need it, too

Spirituality
My Table Is Spread
Jun 7, 2017

We must reclaim today's 'custody of the eyes'

Spirituality
My Table Is Spread
May 6, 2017

Mass is a family, chosen for us, not by us

Parish
My Table Is Spread
Apr 7, 2017

Survival Condo: Have none of these people read a fairy tale?

Justice
My Table Is Spread
Mar 7, 2017

Immigrant stories from the past echo those of today's newly arrived

People
My Table Is Spread
Feb 7, 2017

Voices of loved ones prepare us to go from home to home

Spirituality
My Table Is Spread
Jan 7, 2017

The meaning of the Immaculate Conception

Spirituality
My Table Is Spread
Dec 8, 2016

Strong hymns make for strong community

Parish
My Table Is Spread
Nov 24, 2016

I won't go to the polls for a president this year, despite precious right

Politics
My Table Is Spread
Oct 22, 2016

Norbertine priest stands strong amid the ruins

Spirituality
My Table Is Spread
Sep 28, 2016

Good shepherds from out-of-the-way places

Parish
My Table Is Spread
Aug 31, 2016

Learn silence to hear the shepherd's voice

Spirituality
Aug 27, 2016

Denying the settled science of human life

Politics
My Table Is Spread
Aug 2, 2016

Domino got a good schooling in prison

People
My Table Is Spread
Jun 15, 2016

How we fill our space

People
My Table Is Spread
May 21, 2016

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