Why is it we avoid asking inconvenient questions? Or maybe they are just uncomfortable questions. Questions that get to the heart of a real injustice, or a deep-seated prejudice, or even a real life-stalling behavior? Why are we moderns always in therapy but never getting really free? What will it...
We really have succumbed to such a consumerist mindset that the Pavlovian trigger of “sale” actually has us queuing up outside the “box” retailers to wait in the cold to get a slip of paper that gives us permission to purchase a product at a particular price so we...
C.S. Lewis said it best: “Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance, the only thing it cannot be is moderately important.” So true! You see, the Christian Faith isn’t merely a set of moral teachings. All religious systems have that, and most of...
The word Holy means "set apart for a specific and exclusive use." Something or someone who is holy is singularly dedicated to a single purpose and action. No wonder the Church gives us the gift of marriage as an icon of faithfulness and dedication to teach us about our...
"I can pray out in the woods so much better than in a church!" But do you do that? Seriously, I hear so many excuses as a priest from folks who can't seem to make regular church attendance a priority in their lives. And most of those lives are...
I grew up in the American South in the 1960's when the country was tearing itself apart over the war in Vietnam and the horrible cancer of racism and prejudice. I remember the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King in Atlanta and the fact that my grandfather was a...
The transformation in our world from a time when slavery was a “peculiar institution” to a time when the notion of “purchasing” a human being is unthinkable is nothing short of wonderful! And yet, human trafficking is still a very real crime in our modern world, even in our...
I suppose the whole world couldn’t contain the poems, stories, and memories we children collect about our mothers. I know I owe much of my good qualities to the brave lady who raised me and my little brother. And the one quality I always remember is that, no matter...
“He just doesn’t get it.” Two of my friends were talking about me and they didn’t know I could hear them. They were right. I didn’t get what they were trying to teach me. My mind doesn’t work that way. They were both trying to teach me how to...
One of the most fundamental marks of maturity is the clear and unmistakable realization that actions have consequences. Ideas have consequences because they become actions. And avoiding consequences is always a sign of immaturity. No wonder our modern world is struggling, as it has always struggled, with the consequences of...
