Christ is born! Why do people stop practicing the faith? Why are we seeing so many young people abandon the faith of their youth? Countless studies have been done trying to answer this question. Every time I travel to speak around the country in parishes big and small, I get...
Christ is born! "But why does it matter?" With that question, I was stumped. I thought I had a pretty good grasp of the subject we were discussing and had made some strong points as to why I was right about this. Then came that question: "But why does it...
Christ is born! Fear is an emotion that has both a psychological and physical response. When I am afraid, my knees knock; my hands sweat; my mind races; and my heart beats faster, all in response to fear! Funny how my body reacts the same way to being in love!...
Christ is born! This is the time of year when we normally spend some moments reflecting on the previous year and looking forward to the next. Some will make some New Year's Resolutions. Others will systematically set goals and specific benchmarks for the coming year. Me? Well, I do a...
Christ is born! Glorify Him! I always wonder at those who constantly insist "You can't judge me." Of course I can't. Besides, I don't need to judge you. We always judge ourselves. Our words, our actions, and our thoughts all contain all that is needed to "judge" rightly the true...
Christ is Born! Glorify Him! The Christian Church has been around a long time! And the place it's existed the longest is the place where it first sprang up. The Church is, at it's heart, a Semitic Faith, an Eastern Faith. And that's because the Christian Church is the fulfillment...
Christ is Born! "Where did she go?" As a father, that question sent chills up my spine! Our youngest had wandered off and I couldn't see her. It was a crowded area and all my police training had me imagining the worst. Not knowing where she was was a terror...
In 1977, as a young 17 year old, I sat in the dark theater waiting for this new science fiction movie to start. As the crawl started I read "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away..." Then, the Imperial Battle cruiser began to make it's way...
"She looks just like you." I confess, I love hearing this from folks when they see a picture of my little girls. Of course, when they see a picture of my wife, they say that the girls look like her! So, which is it? Well, it's both. After all,...
Platitudes can be absolutely infuriating when you're suffering. And, usually, a person in pain hears things like "Oh, just trust God" or "into each life a little rain must fall" as uncaring dismissals of their very real heartache. To be sure, most folks mean well, but deep in their own...
