Yesterday, in fear and trembling, I released a podcast telling Catholics how to vote. You can listen to it here: http://thinkingfaith.libsyn.com/podcast/catholic-voting Read more
Yesterday, in fear and trembling, I released a podcast telling Catholics how to vote. You can listen to it here: http://thinkingfaith.libsyn.com/podcast/catholic-voting Read more
Vox Nova is pleased to welcome a guest contribution from Marcus Gaddy. I will be moderating the comments—DCU. I’m a convert to Catholicism, only received in 2015, after growing up in the historically Black church. That heritage taught me early on that Black spirituality emphasizes Christ as liberator, both from sin and from those who sin against us. That freedom is not just spiritual and it is not just for us–it is at once personal and social. It is a... Read more
When my Mom died a couple years ago, as we were sorting out her stuff to give to charity, I went through her boxes of books and pulled out some for my own library. My mother was a great reader, and she helped nourish my own love of books. We never read many of the same things: she was a big fan of mysteries and (later in life) romance novels, and I am pretty much a fantasy and science fiction... Read more
As I sat down to watch Tuesday’s vice-presidential debate, knowing that much has already been made of both candidates’ self-professed Christian faith, what I dreaded most was the possibility of the name of Jesus Christ being taken up as a political weapon on both sides. In fact, they almost made it through the debate without doing so – until moderator Elaine Quijano raised a question about how they balance their faith with public policy. We can’t know for sure whether the... Read more
At mass this morning, one of our deacons preached. In the middle of a somewhat disjointed sermon, following a thinly veiled attack on the Democrats (he named no names but castigated one party platform for violating the fifth and sixth commandments and for advancing the “transgender agenda”) he asked the question: are things worse now than they were 2000 years ago? He immediately answered his own question: absolutely, yes. He gave no explanation and moved on to some other point.... Read more
Hi Vox Nova friends! I’m happy to announce that I now have a podcast with my friend and colleague Eric Gurash. Eric and I work together for the Archdiocese of Regina. One of the reasons I am not able to post here as often as I’d like is that my job takes a lot of the same time and energy that blogging takes. This podcast is something I get to do at work that might also be of interest to... Read more
Can it be autumn already? The Autumnal equinox happened this Wednesday the 21st, and I am once again reflecting on why I love this season so much. If Spring is the season of young men’s fancies, autumn is the season of older men’s bittersweet memories. Decades ago, I first fell in love in this season. She was blond and troubled with a dark past, but sometimes the heart has a mind of its own, and I fell for her –... Read more
Almost exactly 25 years ago, in October of 1991, I was living in a small apartment in the Rockridge district of Oakland, right at the base of the East Bay Hills. I had just started a new job, and had rented an apartment on the third floor of a building that was about a 25 minute walk from my workplace. On the 20th of October, I awoke to a smell that is familiar to any Californian who has lived through a... Read more
This is post I thought about a few months ago, but am finally find the will (“ganas” in Spanish) to write. Last May, the Catholic paper of the Diocese of Birmingham, One Voice, published a guest column by Alice von Hildebrand, entitled “Recalling a Hero.” The column was distributed nationwide by the Catholic News Agency. It is a rather old-school piece about the dangers of communism: it quite similar to the anti-communist propaganda of the 1950s. For instance, she writes... Read more
Vox Nova is pleased to welcome a guest post by James McGehee. I grew up Catholic and Republican. I am now Catholic and politically independent. In my first three presidential elections, I voted for George W. Bush, John McCain, and Mitt Romney. This November will be different. I will not cast my vote for the Republican nominee and only pro-life candidate for the presidency. While the prospect of a President Donald J. Trump frightens me, I can’t, as many do,... Read more
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