Wait…you want me to be involved? This week was our parish’s Ministry Fair. They have been publicizing this fair for weeks. When we headed over
My wife woke up this morning earlier than normal and hugged me, real hard. Surprised and in a sleepy stupor, I hugged her back as
The sort of life in their eyes reflected nothing but anger, pain, hurt, and hatred…
My short answer to this question is yes: I absolutely think it’s possible for a woman to pursue a man, in a real, genuine way
I’ve had an off and on again relationship to Our Mother for as long as I’ve been Catholic. She was very instrumental in my conversion
3 Lessons and 2 Tips is a series of interviews on my blog in which some of my favorite people (and probably some of yours)
Have you ever walked through the city and seen those people holding signs advertising something? They can be found on busy street corners or open
A few months ago, I posted about a Catholic men”s camping trip that I went on with the group Wilderness Outreach and the need for a
My wife blogs about feminine genius and recently wrote a reflection on her year of wearing skirts. Unsurprisingly, at least to me, it provoked some
One of the downsides of being pro-life in 2013 is the negative stereotyping. Being”pro-choice” is so normalized and they seem to have the popular debate
My husband married a woman who had the ability to laugh things off, to be spontaneous, to work hard and get ‘er done. And then
You are not the chewed up gum that is stuck to the sidewalk and trampled on. You are not the spit water in the cup
I read somewhere that one reason soldiers screaming as they run into battle, or football fans cheering their team at the top of their lungs
We had cried Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord, God of Hosts and knelt in profound reverence. Our presider, an Ugandan priest, declaimed the Eucharistic prayer in
A Reflection With the advent of possible military action in Syria as well as a number of other issues, the HHS mandate and the controversy
As human beings we are an emotionally fragile bunch. That however is not a bad thing. Indeed, it is our emotional state that most readily
In our media world children will almost certainly be exposed to images and material that can have a negative impact on their moral and psychological
Everything I ever needed to know about hospitality I learned from my children. When their grandparents, friends or birthday party guests are scheduled to come,
I missed the quiet years for a minute today when I stumbled upon an abrasive tweet about the pope, written by an evangelical Christian. The
Saint G.K. Chesterton has a nice ring to it, so it was with some special joy that I read the report that the “sympathetic” bishop
Loneliness is painful. We’ve all needed a shoulder to cry on, when there was no one around. Terrible as loneliness is, it’s another way that
