Whenever some sad soul goes bonkers with a gun, the media instantly goes into a lather of breathless updates and saturation coverage. Yet one single
As I was making my way into the Catholic Church about 5 years ago, my priest at the time said something that still echoes in
Moses set before the people Life and Death; from another aspect, Intelligibility and Inanity. He urged them to choose life (Deuteronomy 30:19). The Transcendentals Life
With many Protestants celebrating the 500th year anniversary of the Reformation, I have take the opportunity to read many of Martin Luther’s own words hoping
This column is the first in a three part series concerning ethics, human happiness, and their connection to “the things that last.” Searching for a
Coffee Shop Calvinism I recently came across a group of men from the Reformed Church we left to become Catholic who were gathered at our
Aristotle, who was continually interested in biological aspects of human behavior, made a distinction between “natural virtue” and “acquired virtue.” Natural virtue is related to
After a fruitful breakfast conversation with a searching friend, I realized that almost all the questions that he asked were in some way connected to
It’s curious how people who claim to have faith in science criticize Christians for believing in God based on faith. Yet, what science has to
You Are Peter Last month I had the honor of witnessing my mother and stepdad’s marriage in the Catholic Church. They were both raised Catholic
Why has the Church become largely irrelevant to the secular culture? In Part I of this article, we explored how the culture is breeding individual
Am I the only one feeling that the Catholic Church has become irrelevant in political, social and moral arenas? It’s not really a question anymore.
There is a movement today in the world that denies the power of the Church of Jesus Christ in our lives. The narrative goes something
The Fifth Way – Argument from Governance or Order Just as the Third and Fourth Ways build on the first two Ways, the Fifth of
“For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you” (John 13:15). Our Lord told the apostles this at
What series am I describing? Murder. Kingdoms. Thrones. Vengeance. Games. The rise and the fall of civilizations. Swords. A cast of profoundly varied personalities and
Just about everybody agrees that Jesus is presented as divine in the Gospel of John. In the very first verse, John says that “the Word
Full disclosure: I did not actually read the book “The Benedict Option”. Spiritdaily and a NY Times article is where I gleaned information about this movement in the
The Fourth Way — the Argument from Gradation or Degrees of a Quality The Fourth Way to demonstrate the existence of God is from the
My view is simple. When I meet a person who says, “I am Catholic, but,…” it is my immediate conclusion that he/she is not Catholic.
As stated in the previous installment, I will be approaching the problem of evil. For me, the problem of evil was elephant in the room
The Third Way – The Argument from Necessity Building upon the Argument from Efficient Cause, the Third Way demonstrates that there are things that are
