If anyone reading has ever driven down Interstate 70 from Wichita, Kansas to Denver, Colorado, then you will know how completely uninteresting the drive can
I found myself placed next to a high powered High Court Judge at a dinner party in one of the most exclusive clubs in London.
Today there are many people who claim to be atheists. Some famous ones, like Richard Dawkins and the late Christopher Hitchens, have even written books
“Who did you bring with you?” That, Dear Reader, is the question God will supposedly ask us Christians when we beg admittance to the Heavenly
Plato realized that the intelligible is immaterial by identifying a fundamental difference between the intelligible and the material. The intelligible is universal, while the
Have you ever pondered this question? “How do I know God’s will for my life”? I believe God has placed this question deep within our
As I write this article for Catholic Stand (July 6, 2017), the battle to free one of the cities in the southern part of the
Every society, every culture has a tradition of a scapegoat: a person or group of people to blame and punish for the sins of that
The Patrick Coffin Show Podcast features weekly interviews with A-list influencers and outliers in the effort to recover the Judeo-Christian roots of the culture. Patrick
People love sound bites. If it’s short, to the point, and appears powerful, people will take that sound bite and share it with others on
“Many of my clients are dealing with a lot of anxiety nowadays,” my friend, a therapist, told me after Mass recently. Indeed it does seem
Bebop Catholicism. Never heard of it? I just coined the phrase. I was watching the YouTube video of “Jazz on a Summers Day 1958”. It
Watching Bishop Robert Barron’s new series Catholicism: The Pivotal Players which focuses on the Saints can be an antidote to the poison that is sometimes in
Summertime has arrived and the health clubs are advertising to get members to “get in shape for the beach”. Unfortunately for many, it ends up
Here we are in late June. We have crossed the approximate halfway mark between last Christmas and the coming Christmas. I love Advent and Christmas
Jonathan Byrne is a professional mid-career artist who lives in the coastal town of Blackrock in Dublin, Ireland. After many years of making images and
A good friend, Martha, from Madonna House, “happened” to sit beside a self-proclaimed witch on an old bus heading towards the Shrine of Our Lady
Although we do not like to admit it, even to ourselves, we still believe that prayer suddenly happens, or never happens at all. We kid
Many people erroneously believe that the dark ages were caused by the Catholic Church and its hatred of science/love of superstition, and its dominant control
A few years back I was visiting a friend when a man in a sparkling white uniform walked out of my friend’s home. When my
I have been thinking a lot about fatherhood lately. Having put in quite a few years as a dad with three beautiful children, you would
The subtle, evil coercion of lies I was told, and expected to believe as true, from the women’s movement over our reproductive rights came to
