I recently read a story in a daily newspaper that was heart-warming, sweet, and full of love. However, when I re-thought my initial reaction and
It’s really too bad that while the legal profession mandates continuing education for its members to maintain their licenses, the Catholic Church won’t revoke a
Edith Stein was an admirer of St. Thomas Aquinas, and like Aquinas, she understood that words mean things, but they do not always mean them unambiguously. President Bill Clinton, for example, testified that what he
People of a certain age ought to remember the routine that made comedian Jeff Foxworthy a household name. And I’ll give just one example:
Little is known about the time between our LORD’s birth in Bethlehem and the Wedding at Cana where he began his public mission. So the question of when Jesus in his
Not all spiritual learning happens in schools, and in fact, the greatest of the saints didn’t amass their holiness from a scholarly institution. When it
The “Year of Faith” will end on November 24. But Pope Emeritus Benedict’s objective must go on: to “rediscover the content of the faith that
Share this on Facebook \”Life is short, read the saints,\” once quipped the late Dr. John Senior, the inspiring humanities professor of Kansas University.
Do you never feel forgiven no matter how many times you confess your sins? Do you obsess over blasphemous thoughts that invade your mind against
This is my 12-stage, decision-maker\’s summary of philosopher Mortimer Adler\’s argument found in his book Truth in Religion: The Plurality of Religions and the Unity
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter,”Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes,
What if you could create the ideal town, based on your Catholic beliefs? What if you could build a town centered upon prayer, open to
It might sound like a throwaway question along the lines of “How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?” But St.
Here is an alphabetized list of words and phrases that I find helpful during a decision-making process. I have drawn the words from many sources
The city I live in thinks my family has a problem with the virtue of orderliness. An inspector has just sent me an “Environmental Violation
If you think that 3 x 4 = 12, you might want to think again. With the new Common Core Curriculum Math, 3 x 4 can
Below are links to books for decision-makers organized by relevant questions and answers that relate to particular milestones along the Decision-Maker\’s Path ™. Books for
As a grad student in journalism, a number of my assignments come in the form of responding to a question, by way of an essay,
Christianity has not been tried hard and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried. G. K. Chesterton, What’s Wrong with the World
Current presentations of the Aristotelian/Thomistic arguments of the Unmoved Mover and the First Cause reject infinite series while often appearing to endorse finite series. This
In his book, Socrates: A Man for Our Times, the author Paul Johnson suggests that getting to know Socrates better might help us through our current
I wanted to personally share a method of reading the Bible with the Catechism that opens up the depths of the faith to you, and
