My latest at the Catholic Weekly, recalling the strange fears of my youth and my gratitude to God for healing them: When I was a new convert, I was filled with a lot of weird anxieties about things. Notions would take me and I could not shake them, often deeply fearful notions. One time (and I feel silly talking about this, but I bet other people have had similar experiences) I was watching an episode of the Twilight Zone. You might... Read more
I’ve been honored to know him on Facebook and am so proud of him! Here’s the full story at KLFY. Read more
…is how a guy as busily involved in doing good things for other people finds the time to read all the stuff he helps other people find to read: Hey, Mark! Quick question: Do you want to learn philosophy? Most people have never studied philosophy, but it’s something they hope to do “some day, at some point.” Does that sound familiar?? One of the big regrets from college was that I never had to take a single philosophy class. It’s... Read more
This post has gone viral on Facebook: Marissa Schimmoeller Today was really hard for me. Today was the first time I had to teach the day after a mass school shooting. I dreaded facing my students this morning, and as the first students walked in, I began to feel the anxiety pooling in my stomach. I was dreading one, specific question. Soon after class began, a freshman asked me the question I had been dreading since I had heard about... Read more
The C.S. Lewis Society Book and Film Club of the Bay Area writes: As a Subscriber to our updates*, you are invited to read along this year with the C.S. Lewis Society Book and Film Club of the Bay Area. This month, we explore a fascinating reconsideration of much false history in Bearing False Witness. S. Lewis Society Bay Area Book and Film Club Meets bi-weekly Wednesdays Wednesday, March 7 and 21: Bearing False Witness: Debunking Centuries of Anti-Catholic History, by Rodney Stark; leader/moderator, Andrew... Read more
I’ll be speaking at St. John the Baptist parish at 7:00 PM about the Four Senses of Scripture and how to read the Bible as a Catholic, tomorrow night, March 7. See you there! Don’t miss it if you can! Read more
She was on Immaculate Heart Radio, so you may recall her fine work. Now she needs your help for her new show, Hello and Welcome! Click here to donate. What is Hello and Welcome! about? Real Faith, Real Life. Life isn’t for wimps. Everyone needs help sorting it out. Do you have a hard time trusting God? A relationship gone sour? What about your kids? Far from home or far from God? Do you find it difficult to forgive? To pray? Are you lonely?... Read more
From the delightful Babylon Bee: HEAVEN—Jesus Christ, the Son of God and Savior of the world, was recently surprised to learn that Christianity is not a religion, heavenly sources reported Friday. “The Lord noticed a viral YouTube video claiming ‘Jesus hates religion,’ and then a popular blog post declaring ‘Christianity is NOT a religion,’ and His immediate reaction was something like, ‘Wait, what?’” a seraph disclosed to reporters. “He reminded us that while on earth, He went to synagogue and... Read more
She writes: theovernight.org/participant/Valerie-Fesh Please feel free to tell your followers something about why I am doing this. As you know, PTSD has been such a struggle for me throughout my life, but in particular in the last few years. For me, part of that struggle has involved intense suicidal thoughts, three attempts, and several near attempts (as you know). I’ve felt worthless, alone, in intense emotional pain, and hopeless that it could ever get any better. I’ve walked through many... Read more
Christians believe in telling the truth about people. Christianists believe in gaining power by means of any lie: What staggers me is the thought-free, moral recklessness of the way in which all the lies chronicled here are simply swallowed and then barfed up again for consumption by their fellow True Believer Republican Rite Christian by people who claim to worship the Way, the Truth and the Life. Even to question the Legend of George Soros, the Bogeyman Jewish Nazi, the... Read more
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