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April 2014

April 04, 2014

My (Big) Little Inferiority Complex

Okay, so I've compared myself to a few people in my life. I admit...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

Of Merton, Monks & the Fortresses of God

"I looked at the rolling country, and at the pale ribbon of road in...

March 20, 2014

George Kennan, Vladimir Putin & the Appetites of Men

“The fact of the matter is that there is a little bit of...

March 15, 2014

Robert Frost, the Black Cottage & the Truth

"Most of the change we think we see in life Is due to truths being...

March 10, 2014

“Pax Tecum”: My Patient, My Friend

"Pax tecum." I'll never forget those two words. And the beaming face of the man...

March 07, 2014

What This Catholic Dad Saw At The Lego Movie

I used to be in touch. Well at least I thought I was. For...

March 05, 2014

“Stripping for Lent”: St. Thomas More & the Way of Sacrifice

"I die the King's good servant, but God's first." - St. Thomas More Last...

March 01, 2014

Loving Francis, Missing Benedict

In September, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI found himself standing in Westminster Hall, London before...

February 2014

February 24, 2014

“Living Within the Truth”: Vaclav Havel & “The Power of the Powerless”

Author's note: I originally published this essay in 2012, but brought it back in the...

February 20, 2014

Of Egos & Thorns: On the Difference Between Ayn Rand & the Apostle Paul

I was younger - much younger - at the time. But the list caught...

February 17, 2014

St. Thomas More, Richard Rich & Chasing the Surrogates for God

It's hard to say how many times I've seen it, but this time it...

February 14, 2014

“Dear Ms. O’Connor”: On Writing Letters to Flannery

"If you want your faith, you have to work for it. It is a...

February 11, 2014

The “Bright Side” of Funerals for the Young

It was nearly time. Chuck's funeral would start in a few hours and it...

February 08, 2014

Late Flowers for a Friend – Lamenting Chuck’s Death

It came to me in a series of texts. Three classic Iphone beeps to be...

February 03, 2014

God’s Extras

Extras. That's what it was called. It was a simple enough title and premise. Between...

January 2014

January 27, 2014

The Bittersweet Life in the Trenches

"Remember, Tod, life is in the trenches." - Dad I remember it quite clearly...

January 25, 2014

A Lullaby from God: My Lunch with Bruce Springsteen

Lunch was about to begin. And I was hungry. Working in an internal medicine clinic,...

January 22, 2014

Manning, Brady & the Little Secret of the Big Game

"Say, I've been thinking..." That's how it began...To all my married male friends out there,...

January 16, 2014

Not Missing the Sacramental Journey: Hilaire Belloc’s “The Four Men”

"And I said to myself , inside my own mind: 'What are you doing? You are...

January 13, 2014

G.K. Chesterton & The Impotence of Nightmares

"It is not always wrong even to go, like Dante, to the brink of...

January 11, 2014

Telling Beads (Hilaire Belloc, the Rosary & Me)

"Gentlemen, I am a Catholic. As far as possible, I go to Mass every...

January 07, 2014

St.Thomas More, The Little Sisters of the Poor & the Casualness of Conscience

The Duke of Norfolk: "Oh confound all this. I'm not a scholar, I don't know...

January 03, 2014

The Tiresome Fad of Giant-Killing

After he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and...

December 2013

December 30, 2013

Regarding My Wife and Peyton Manning

Pause. There was a pause. My wife may deny it, but it was there....

December 27, 2013

Something Extraordinary in His Presence

There must have been something extraordinary in His Presence. This is the thought I...

December 25, 2013

The Difficulty & Simplicity of Being A Wise Man

It is the most simple yet the most complex event in history. It started when...

December 21, 2013

A Season of Joy, A Season of Suffering

Joy. We are about to enter a Season of Joy known as Christmastide. Advent...

December 19, 2013

The Indispensability of Fairy Tales

And so she fell asleep...and had dreams. Wonderful dreams. Clara had spent a magical Christmas...

December 15, 2013

The Most Beautiful Thing I Saw at the Nutcracker

"Which do you like, Dad, the boots or the shoes?" My six year-old posed a...

December 12, 2013

Almsgiving & Pope Francis – The Person of the Year

"Only charity can convert the soul, freeing it from unworthy motives.” - St. Bernard of...