What You Say, What They Hear
In my article “Let Freedom Ring“, I asked “What does it mean to be free?” How can we do that? How can we ask what a word means?…
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Faithful witness in the modern world.
Terrorism and the Cross
September 11, 2001 is a day that never will be forgotten. Most of us can remember exactly where we were when we heard the news. An airliner had…
Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad
There is a Latin phrase, “In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas” often (mis) attributed to St. Augustine. In English it means “in essentials unity, in…
Is my pastor above correction?
What should I do when I think a pastor is wrong? I’m not talking about wrong with regards to civil law. That’s clearer. If I know any leader—a…
Not Peace but the Sword
Readings for August 18, 2013: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time One of the themes of Pope Francis at World Youth Day 2013 was to “shake things up.” This…
Let them go, let them grow!
It happens all too soon. That newborn baby, who needed you for everything from taking care of feeding and clothing to kissing boo-boos, suddenly doesn’t need you 24/7.…
3 Catholic Responses to John Boswell’s “Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe”
As of late, the internet has been buzzing about a book written nearly 20 years ago called Same Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe. It was written by homosexual…
Hope in the Face of Depravity
“Now, venerable Brethren, you know the times in which we live; they are scarcely less deplorable for the Christian religion than the worst days, which in time past…
Can there be dialogue when you’re tweeting with atheists?
One of my first stops each morning is to pay a quick visit to my favorite social media site: Twitter. Typically, my overnight haul of tweets that I’ve missed…
The Response to Relativism
I recently finished reading and reviewing The Church Under Attack: Five Hundred Years That Split the Church and Scattered the Flock by Dr. Diane Moczar. Throughout the book…