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January 2015

January 24, 2015
Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,...
January 18, 2015
Looking back on his youth, back to a time when C.S. Lewis was then still an...
January 11, 2015
I am pleased to bring to your attention an extraordinary guest blogger, Michele Antaki. Ms. Antaki...
January 04, 2015
  The beginning of the New Year always seems to be the perfect time to start taking...

December 2014

December 31, 2014
It's been an exciting year for me! A year of growth. A year of change....
December 26, 2014
As we conclude this Advent Season, and now begin the Christmas Season, it's a perfect time...
December 21, 2014
I have to admit that the image of an anemic, meek and mild, almost frightened-looking Christ has always...
December 19, 2014
THIS WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED ON NOVEMBER 9, 2014. THERE IS STILL TIME TO ORDER THE...
December 14, 2014
The premise of this blog is a faith in progress. One of my goals has...
December 06, 2014
  We Remain Free To Choose. Free will. We easily claim it for ourselves even...

November 2014

November 29, 2014
Stallone. Schwarzenegger. Willis. Three names, among many, that we effortlessly associate with action, rescue, triumph. Somewhere,...
November 22, 2014
The temperature has dropped considerably here in New York City - seemingly earlier than usual....
November 16, 2014
We recently observed the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. Back...
November 09, 2014
  The Catholic Church has long recognized that a not negligible number of men and...
November 02, 2014
On All Soul's Day each year, we remember those who have departed this earth before...

October 2014

October 26, 2014
It's a little over a week now to the mid-term elections here in the United...
October 23, 2014
Father Barron briefly weighs in on the recently-concluded Synod. His common sense is, as always, comforting. Approaching...
October 19, 2014
Church politics. As a recent revert, I've managed to avoid thinking much about it. My heart...
October 13, 2014
Scientists tell us that Microquakes are imperceptible earthquakes with magnitudes less than 3. Why should...
October 05, 2014
One of the main issues that I had with the Church as a practicing Protestant - and...

September 2014

September 29, 2014
The Killing Fields. Genocide and mass atrocities. The horror that was Cambodia under Pol Pot...
September 26, 2014
Maybe it's because I'm a New Yorker. Put me on hold for more than 30...
September 22, 2014
Thomas Merton's prayer reminds us that simple desire and trust allow for a closeness that second-guessing often fails to...
September 15, 2014
Austrian psychotherapist Alfred Adler may have died two years before the film release of The Wizard of...
September 11, 2014
It was barely noticeable. Not much more than an autumn sniffle. At first. Then it...
September 07, 2014
and I walked right through it. Joel and Victoria Osteen have received a lot of...
September 06, 2014
This is Sam He's wicked smart. He teaches. He writes. He explores. He expounds. And...
September 03, 2014
But not in the way that you might think. We've all heard about the recent...

August 2014

August 30, 2014
I can't blog any more until I get this off my chest. It wouldn't be...
August 27, 2014
It was time. One year after my dad's passing, the house that my parents had...
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