When I was at the Catholic Writer’s Conference last summer, I picked up a book entitled Consoling the Heart of Jesus by Michael E. Gailey, MIC. It bills itself as a do-it-yourself retreat in the Ignitian tradition. I’m going to take the rest of the week off and give it a try. I seriously considered taking off the whole month of November, but just couldn’t convince myself to do it. I’m going to follow the retreat in this book, read the Bible, pray... Read more
To join the discussion about Rise of ISIS, a Threat We Cannot Ignore, or to order a copy, go here. Jay Sekulow has written a small, much-needed counter-point to the suicidal political correctness that infects almost all public discussion about the threat of ISIS and militant Islam. This political correctness has become a kind of censorship by means of name-calling and personal attacks that sink to the level of vendettas against anyone who dares step over the line to say... Read more
The ACLU has declined to pursue legal action against The Hitching Post wedding chapel in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho because the chapel only provides religious services. Donald and Evelyn Knapp, owners of the Hitching Post Lakeside Chapel, were facing possible jail time and enormous fines that would have put them out of business because they do not offer same sex wedding services at their facility. The Knapps are ordained ministers in the International Church of the Four Square Gospel. The denomination’s... Read more
If you’ve got gay fatigue, you’re not alone. I’ve been hearing muttering from some surprising places, including people who are strongly in support of gay rights, that they’re “tired” of the obsessive focus our society has on homosexuality. The endless circular debates about forcing people to bake a wedding cake or if ordained ministers should be allowed to not perform gay weddings is beginning to try the patience of people from all points on the ideological compass. However, there is... Read more
My fellow Catholic Patheosi, Dr Tod Worner published a post today concerning the Ebola crisis. I hope you will click on the links in this post and read it. Dr Worner gives us a glimpse of the concerns that medical practitioners face when deciding how they would treat this illness. It also evaluates our government’s reaction to Ebola without the distorting prism of political one-upsmanship and ambition. It is precisely the kind of non-political, rational discussion of this killer disease that... Read more
Photo Source: ABC News New York City’s Police Commissioner has said that the hatchet attack that wounded two police officers was a terror attack. It’s time our government officials were more forthcoming with the truth. Let’s look at the line of events. Fort Hood. Boston Marathon. Oklahoma. Canada. New York. It appears that the tripwire to truth was — finally — New York. I was beginning to wonder how long the American people were going to allow themselves to be... Read more
Law enforcement has arrested a man who allegedly drove his vehicle into the Ten Commandments monument on the Oklahoma state Capitol grounds last night. The monument has been the subject of attacks from all over the country, including court challenges and an attempt by satanists to place a statue of satan beside it. According to KOCO.com, someone drove their car into the monument at around 9pm Thursday, smashing the monument to pieces. They then left their car at the site.... Read more
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