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.
Judge me if you will, but I’m completely unimpressed by celebrity culture. While I’m sure that these are all perfectly lovely people in real
The one issue voter is dead. Today’s elections are no longer about a single issue. Here is a list of One Issues: Abortion Euthanasia Embryonic
In January of 2006, just short of my 20th birthday, I stood in front a priest, my friends, and 2,000 people at a parish and
Greg and Jennifer Willits, co-hosts of the Catholics Next Door, formerly on the Sirius/XM Satellite Radio Catholic Channel, announced the re-launch of their podcast program
What if Cardinal Timothy Dolan became Pope? That’s probably a long-shot, but it’s a question I’ve been hearing more and more especially as his star
“The Lord showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, whie Satan stood at his right hand to accuse him.
Although not surprising, it is astonishing that Catholicism is viewed by the world so negatively. As Peter Kreeft mentions in his talk Seven Reasons Everyone
Our society is very fond of euphemisms. We like to wrap up difficult ideas and realities with words that make us feel warm and fuzzy,
Remember that series we started? With this handy-dandy little reference sheet? Well, you’ll probably need the Fire Nation blurb for this post. In the Avatar
Amazing. Beautiful. Necessary. – It’s difficult to find the right words to describe the angelically perfect sound of Advent At Ephesus – an upcoming
After almost a year of ballet I’m still super horrible. I never realized how physically demanding it was, how literally every muscle in your body
I have heard the defense many times and it ends conversations. “Men can speak about abortion when they get a uterus.” At first,
No, I will not write his name on the ballot. I believe that voting for a third party, a third person, is a symbolic act.
Today is the feast of Blessed John Paul II. He is often referred to as John Paul the Great, but I will always know him
Flax oil was the gateway. When I got engaged two years ago and signed up for Natural Family Planning courses, I received a hefty box
Below is the conclusion to my conversation with Teri and Amanda about special needs etiquette. You can read Part I here. How do you want
In our current election cycle, perhaps more than any other in the last forty years, we have two candidates for President with stark, contrasting views
One recent evening, I shook a bottle of hot sauce over my burger and watched the news from the kitchen table. Popular that night was
As my son laid in the neonatal intensive care unit with promises of severe mental and physical disability, I stood at a Wal-Mart, watching an
