
Sheep Among Wolves
“‘Thomas! Thomas!’ two snickering friars called, rousing their brother who was bent over his books. ‘Look out the window—there are pigs flying about in the sky!’ Thomas

“‘Thomas! Thomas!’ two snickering friars called, rousing their brother who was bent over his books. ‘Look out the window—there are pigs flying about in the sky!’ Thomas

Teaching always involves a curve ball. This past fall I taught “Introduction to Moral Theology and Ethics” at The Catholic University of America. For the
Life has brought a lot of changes for me over the last year. This time last year I was a Green Beret, deployed with my

This week, I was called upon to exercise my civic duty and present myself at the federal court for jury selection. While I was there, a woman

“The moral causes of prosperity… reside in a constellation of virtues: industriousness, competence, order, honesty, initiative, frugality, thrift, spirit of service, keeping one’s word, daring

Love is our story, we don’t need to rebrand it or market it. We just need to live it.

Minimalism takes work and effort. It is an exercise of saying no to many things in order to focus on saying yes to the important

It is very appropriate, I think, that I received my diagnosis of wheat and milk allergies during Lent, three years ago. After all, I was

My husband isn’t trained to pause his video game and come downstairs to greet me when I get home after a long day. My husband
I’m a planner. While I cannot remember when I first developed this identity, my affinity for planning, having a plan, and keeping a plan has

In reaction to the increasing physical immorality spreading through society today, and in an attempt to counter the message constantly being sold through advertising, movies,

I have been going about this all wrong. I have been making myself the victim to this tyranny I have projected onto God when, in

If food is the means by which Christ reaches out to sinners and gathers His Church, then we too must see food as a ministry.
It seems that everywhere I look there are people that are going out of their way to annoy me! People who insist on driving at

Last week I spent some time in south Florida. To relax and unwind I disconnected from my material world and meandered on the beach.

Discerning God’s will in our lives can be a difficult and confusing endeavor most of the time. I can still remember hearing the many epic
We are now a month into 2015. There is still so much unknown about this year; the blank pages are yet to be filled in,

Last week, hundreds of thousands marched in Washington, D.C. to petition Congress and the Supreme Court to do something about the unspeakable atrocity of abortion in

{Warning: I mention miscarriage in this post – not mine – but it comes up.} There we were, waiting in the waiting room. Waiting rooms
“The moral causes of prosperity… reside in a constellation of virtues: industriousness, competence, order, honesty, initiative, frugality, thrift, spirit of service, keeping one’s word, daring

The Holy Family as depicted by my wonderful fiancé + + + + + + + + + “The man who lives in a small community