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
In the 6th chapter of the letter to the Romans, St. Paul teaches that through complete surrender to Christ, the Christian becomes a second Christ.
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
Have you ever considered foster parenting? In the recent debate about adoption, why did the debate focus only on expensive infant adoptions? Why don’t we
My mother-in-law didn’t care for me. I knew that long before our engagement was announced. I wasn’t even surprised when she tried to convince my
I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body
Many self-styled pro-choice Catholic politicians today claim to accept the Church’s teaching against abortion. This may seem strange since the Church clearly teaches that
“To be a child of God means to be led by the hand of God, not one’s own will, to place every care and every
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
No Faceless Crowd Before Jesus When we read, study, and pray with the Gospels it is important for us to remember who is the audience
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
November 11, 2017 marks the fifteenth (15th) anniversary of the shooting death of my son, Aaron Dougherty. More essentially, this date also marks the 15th
“And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not alarmed; for this must take place, but the end is
We have been conditioned as Americans to consider Thanksgiving from one single historical perspective based upon the New England Thanksgiving event. Certainly, our commemoration and
Eat Drink And Be Merry Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we die. There are several places in holy Scripture where this sentiment is
In recent news, science-fiction author Patrick S. Tomlinson has created what I call a Utilitarian Gotcha. By “gotcha”, I mean that however you answer
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
Early Morning He sleeps quietly, but my eyes are open. My head rests softly on his shoulder and I feel his chest rise and fall.
Forgive and forget. Really? Is there such a thing as forgetness of sins? Remembering who or what has hurt us and how is part of
Let’s imagine a scenario that may be all too familiar to many of us. It’s about living the American dream. John had always dreamed of
