Admonish the Sinner: Not an Option
Readings for September 7, 2014: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time I used to think that God’s law was like those dumb rules we had to put up with…
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Welcoming The Stranger
The current immigration crisis of thousands of unaccompanied children crossing the border is constantly on my mind these days. I can’t imagine what these children have gone through,…
Rituals, and Why We Need Them
I’ve been in a “discussion” with a Protestant friend, a very good man. We differ on so many points: faith alone, blessed assurance, church, priesthood – yet we…
Let True Freedom Ring
The Fourth of July always seems to make people stop and reflect on the core values of our culture. One of these values is freedom. We talk about…
Distance Learning for Catholics: Training Ourselves for the New Evangelization
During a recent radio segment on The SonRise Morning Show, host Matt Swaim and I took on the topic of “nanodegrees” as described in the New York Times: This…
The God Particles: Part Two
The God Particles: Part One can be found here. Fact & Belief “Objective knowledge provides us with powerful instruments for the achievements of certain ends, but the ultimate…
Scapegoating the Body
I recently completed what I think is my 10th year of catechizing 6th-graders in Wednesday Night Sunday School. I love teaching, but I like to also sit down…
The God Particles: Part One
Science and religion. Who in their right mind would want to blog about this? Why would I want to throw gasoline on the spark and risk igniting a…
Oh the Humanity!
If you speak to your non-Catholic friends, and sadly sometimes your Catholic friends, at some point the topic will turn to abortion. Catholics are unabashedly pro-life. Some people…
Babies and Metaphysics
I (56) was at lunch with my father (80) earlier this week, we were discussing a favorite subject: God. Somehow we got around to contraception, and that in…