
On Spe Salvi and The Lord of the Rings
I remembered the Lord of the Rings (LOTR) trilogy several times while I was reading Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical Spe Salvi five years ago. When someone,

I remembered the Lord of the Rings (LOTR) trilogy several times while I was reading Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical Spe Salvi five years ago. When someone,

One of the rather frequent conversation topics I’ve participated in has to do with dealing with anxiety about the future. In particular I’ve talked with

For the first time in over 50 years, the Knox translation of the Bible is being reprinted through Baronius Press. But, what is the Knox

The campaign is finally over! Whether your guy won or lost, it’s time to take a deep breath and relax, maybe even womens viagra mend

So there I was at the train station minding my own business when a young lady walked past wearing a pair of tights. At least

Since Rebecca Taylor and I had such a good time chatting with each other last month, we decided to try it again…and possibly make it a regular series!

Lest you think I’m writing about the “other” cafeteria Catholic as one standing in judgment, I want to give you a little back story. I

“We may never be faced with the big decision for or against Christ, but we are faced fifty times a day with the little decisions

A couple of months ago I logged-on to find the following e-mail appropriately shuffled into my high priority inbox: “How you do keep your hope?

“Can a man who’s warm understand one who’s freezing?” This is the question pondered by Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, a prisoner at a forced-labor camp in

Mary Magdalene with the Smoking Flame, Georges de La Tour You will die. A friend of mine sells life insurance. He told me that every time someone new

A few months ago, I quit the full-time job I’d landed right out of school, married a college senior, moved four states away, and planned

On Good Friday, 2008, fewer than 24 hours before my wife and I joined the Catholic Church, I spoke to my father-in-law on the

***Warning:This is a Crying Post, Grab Your Kleenex*** Three years ago, we lost our Bernadette half-way through pregnancy to a knot in her cord.