All too often, social media lacks kindness. The electronic medium of text on a computer or smartphone lacks the body language feedback that people use to moderate their expressions to avoid offending others. Many forms of social media optimize for…
One of the most popular books of the 20th Century is The Lord of the Rings. This book is a source of delight, wonder, and inspiration for millions of people around the world. Author JRR Tolkien wrote a story that…
One of the things I’ve learned in my years of teaching is to take I am not always the best and most original thinker. I am blessed to be surrounded by those with wisdom and spiritual insight. Recently, my spiritual…
What we do does not come out of nowhere, it comes out of what is in our hearts. We typically think that what is there is our plans, our projects, our desires, because these drive our actions, but our heart…
Recently, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco made the pronouncement that the Catholic Speaker of the House was to be denied reception of the Holy Eucharist because of her support of abortion. Cordileone stated that the Speaker was not to…
As of this writing, it looks very likely that Roe v. Wade will soon be overturned. This was the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized the scourge of abortion in all 50 states. The decision declared that a woman’s right…