“I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.” For some reason that line from Billy Joel’s song “Only the Good Die Young” kept coming to my head. And it kept coming back to me because I can’t…
One of the challenges that non-Christians face when they consider Christianity is that the claims of Christianity sound pretty wild. Christianity tells of God becoming a human being, Jesus, who does many unusual things, including turning water into wine, healing…
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Did you know that up to half of all teachers quit teaching within the first 10 years of their career? It has one of the highest exit rates of any profession. And there I was early in my teaching career…
I’ve written before about how the love of people and the love of God are closely related, and so by loving people, we are loving God. But there’s another, maybe simpler reason to love people: God loves them, and he…
When I was in grade school, once a month we would gathering around the Blessed Sacrament in adoration. And when we would go there for our holy hour, my grade-school self would tell you: I was so bored. I would…