“The more money we spend on schools today, the less we’ll have to spend on missiles tomorrow.” New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote that
We are actually already there. It saddens me, frightens me, makes me want to lock my doors and bar my windows. As someone with four
I sat down to read the newspaper, baby napping, hot coffee in hand. The headline – 1 in 15 Americans Now Part of Poorest Poor
The problem with pleasure isn’t that it exists. In other words, it isn’t the same thing as the problem of evil. The problem isn’t that pleasure
I came across an amazing documentary called “180” paralleling the Holocaust and abortion. It is produced by Living Waters, a ministry run by Ray Comfort. Comfort
In honor of the feast of All Saints, I’d like to offer you a book review of a Saint from the city of New Orleans.
Statutory Rape, Corruption & Planned Parenthood: Kline stood up for Truth and has been crucified for it. Embattled former Attorney General Phill Kline (Kansas) is
According to one admittedly unscientific survey, 37% of Occupy Wall Street protesters believe that capitalism is inherently immoral — presumably because they think it encourages
Last week on VP, I took the opportunity to write a post on marriage and a recent experience I had, witnessing a friend give himself
I want to #occupyyourheart for a few minutes. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.) We can’t turn around without hearing about the economic woes of the world.
With the help of a winky face, Sister Lisa challenged me to reach into the deep end of my spirituality. Her honest and beautiful approach
I experienced dramatically that I don’t know what’s best for me, only God does. And usually my plans go against His (“My thoughts are not your thoughts…” Is 55:8). So my best bet for happiness and salvation is to be obedient to God’s will, and so in an incarnate way to be obedient to His Church, and also to be obedient to those who know and love me disinterestedly and might be there to guide me.
Lucky me just got back from a weekend trip that took me to the sunny and swampy city of New Orleans. It was a quick
Some of the greatest character flaws in the millennial generation can be linked to the absence of genuine commitment. The person who commits to nothing
Every day, we go to work to earn money to sustain our needs. We wait every month for our respective salaries. When we don’t get
Hello Virtuous Planet readers! I am so excited to be blogging here with such a wonderful community of faith-filled writers. I hope that the time
“Fairy tales do not give a child his first idea of bogey. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide;
Relationships…. Or maybe I should say ‘people.’ No, that is not right either… What I wanted to talk about is our relationship with people. Man
I understand now why it has been raining. These raindrops are tears from all of the unborn children killed by abortion! I’m not sure if they are tears of sadness or joy, because surely those precious little souls must be rejoicing the opportunity to welcome home a hero!
Presumably we all know the basic definition: “Hope is the theological virtue by which we desire the kingdom of heaven and eternal life as our
