Pope to Mafia: Convert, Hell Awaits You if You Continue on This Road

Last updated on: February 8, 2017 at 10:07 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

The first godfather movie was something of a watershed in American culture. It wasn’t the first gangster movie. That genre went back to before James Cagney. But The Godfather was different. The bad guys were the heroes in The Godfather. That movie and those in the genre which followed it, presented us with an attractive view of an upside-down morality of killing-is-good, selling drugs/women/corruption is just business, and bribery, extortion, arson and theft are “honorable” practices if they are done... Read more

God is Not Dead Opens this Weekend

Last updated on: December 27, 2014 at 3:11 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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God is not dead opens this weekend. Read more

So, There’s a Devout Catholic Who’s Hiking

Last updated on: February 8, 2017 at 10:07 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

Shame on Everybody: Michigan Senate Race Debate Over Abortion

Last updated on: December 27, 2014 at 9:37 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Shame on everybody. I would love to single out one of the mud-slingers and propagandizers in this little set-to and say “Fie on you!” But I can’t. So, I guess I’ll just say “Fie on everybody!” and be done with it. United States Congressman Gary Peters is running for the United States Senate in Michigan. He evidently drug his kids into a debate over an abortion law, saying that as the father of daughters … I struggle with how to... Read more

What is Bill Maher’s Problem?

Last updated on: December 27, 2014 at 9:37 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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What is Bill Maher’s problem? Kevin Sorbo, the star of God is Not Dead, responded in the video below to yet another of Bill Maher’s ugly anti-God rants. In this particular rant, Mr Maher raises the “God is evil” argument, basing it on the movie Noah. I’m going to write a post discussing the “God is evil” argument. But for now, let’s just look at Mr Sorbo and Mr Maher. Mr Sorbo’s view of Mr Maher’s behavior is worth thinking... Read more

So, There’s a Priest and a Rabbi …

Last updated on: February 8, 2017 at 10:07 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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Did We Really Need a Bishop to Tell us that Verbally Sliming Other People is a Grave Sin?

Last updated on: December 27, 2014 at 9:38 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth, England, evidently felt that the people in the pews (not to mention a few priests) needed to remember that malicious gossip, calumny and slander are mortal sins. They are mortal sins, even when you commit them anonymously on the internet. Do we really need a bishop to tell us that? Stop for a moment and think about the dark pleasure that comes into your heart when you verbally destroy another person out of spite or... Read more

Cardinal O’Malley: The Church Won’t Change Its Teaching on Marriage

Last updated on: December 27, 2014 at 9:39 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Cardinal O’Malley, who is a member of the Papal G8 that Pope Francis appointed to consider reforms in the Church, says that the Catholic Church is not going to change its 2,000-year-old teachings on marriage. The Church will not change her teaching on the dissolubility of marriage, he said in an interview with Joan Frawley Desmond of the National Catholic Register. He goes on to say that there may be a simplification of the annulment process, which he says “would be... Read more

Let There be Light: The Religious Significance of the Big Bang Echo

Last updated on: December 27, 2014 at 9:39 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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My eleven-year-old son put it better than anyone I have ever heard. Homeschoolers socialize with other homeschoolers. We took our kids to movies together, enrolled them in activities that ranged from classes at the local science museum to participation in swim teams, homeschool soccer leagues and even a homeschool chess club. We also had picnics, went to movies and other recreational activities. It was after a homeschool picnic that my son gave me the best description of God’s viewpoint of... Read more

So, a Group of Cloistered Carmelite Nuns …

Last updated on: February 8, 2017 at 10:07 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

Elisha purified a pot of stew that had been poisoned with what?