As Christians, we’re often reminded of Jesus’ love for us, his willingness to forgive us, his desire to save us. But in thinking about this, there can be a tendency, at least for me, to think about “Jesus and me”…
Loving Difficult People
Sheep’s Clothing: Hiding Content in Children’s Programing
“It is better for him if a millstone is hung around his neck and he is thrown into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to sin.” (Luke 17:2) One of the most insidious things…
Truth and Community
To be human means to recognize the truth, but also to want things that are at least not yet true. When we have a need, or a desire, it means that the truth is different from what we want it…
Persistence, Progress, and Hope: Lessons from Overturning Roe v. Wade
It is difficult to describe the seismic shift that has occurred with the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Because of this Supreme Court decision, each state will be able to vote on its own abortion laws. Now, millions of unborn…
Abortion and Excommunication
We now live in a post Roe v. Wade America. Praise God! In this current legal situation, abortion is not automatically illegal across the country. Instead, each state now gets to determine its own abortion laws. Some states like Ohio…
Kindness and Social Media
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…
All You Can Do : The Spiritual Lesson of Frodo
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…
Pentecost: Receiving Power
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…
God in the Heart: Faith, Hope and Love
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…
Banning People From the Eucharist
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…