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March 2013

March 16, 2013

Watch Thursday, As Dominican Sisters Compete in “The American Bible Challenge”!

This Thursday, I’m betting on the Sisters! At 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March...

March 03, 2013

TV Worth Watching: “The Bible” Premieres March 3

Tonight at 8:00 p.m. EST, something new is coming to your television set: A Lenten...

January 2013

January 20, 2013

Two Ceremonies, Three Bibles, No Scriptures: The 2013 Inauguration

This morning while you were probably still at church, Barack Obama was sworn in as...

January 16, 2013

Smarter Than God? Tweaking the Bible Is All the Rage

What do atheists, Piers Morgan and a federal judge have in common? All claim to...

January 05, 2013

T.S. Eliot Reads "Journey of the Magi"

On January 6, we remember the Magi-- those wise kings from the East who visited...

January 01, 2013

Three Kings—No, Forty—No, SIXTY? Rethinking the Magi

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the...

November 2012

November 20, 2012

Men Must Endure Their Going Hence: Remembering C.S. Lewis

Men Must Endure Their Going Hence. So warns Edgar in Shakespeare’s classic King Lear. And...

October 2012

October 18, 2012

Pope’s New Book to Hit Shelves in Time for Christmas

The final installment of Pope Benedict XVI’s trilogy on Jesus of Nazareth will hit the...

September 2012

September 25, 2012

St. Raphael: An Angel with Many Hats?

On September 29, the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of the three Archangels who have...

September 14, 2012

The Seven Sorrows of Our Lady

On September 15, we honor Mary, the Mother of God, under her title of “Our...

August 2012

August 26, 2012

A Scriptural Trifecta in Ordinary Time

Wow, so let me ask you: Were you at Mass this morning? (Say yes, say...

August 17, 2012

SUCCESS! Facebook Game Builds Faith, Exceeds One Million Players

I told you you’d love it! Back in May 2012, when the new faith-based on-line...

August 04, 2012

Scientists Discover Remains of the High Priest Caiaphas

“It is better that one man should die, rather than the people.” This was the...

July 2012

July 18, 2012

Who Is My Neighbor? In Virginia, Not-So-Good Samaritans Ignore Dying Victim

Why would good people ignore a man who lay dying on the sidewalk? Is it...

May 2012

May 24, 2012

FACEBOOK FERVOR: “Journey of Jesus” Is Newest Interactive Adventure

Facebook users can now follow in the footsteps of Jesus, with help from a new...

May 23, 2012

Camels: At the Detroit Zoo, in the Scriptures, and in A.A.

Awww…. The Detroit Zoo has just introduced its newest attraction, baby Bulgan—a three-week-old Bactrian camel....

April 2012

April 09, 2012

Do You Know More About the Bible Than a Fifth Grader?

Jeff Foxworthy, host of the popular game show “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader,”...

April 06, 2012

Now the Servant’s Name Was Malchus…

“Faith is a never-ending pool of clarity, reaching far beyond the margins of consciousness. We...

March 2012

March 22, 2012

A New Look at the Annunciation

Hail Mary, full of grace. On March 25—exactly nine months before Christmas—the Catholic Church commemorates...

March 20, 2012

From Peanuts to Preaching: President Carter Publishes a Bible

Former president Jimmy Carter, once a Georgia peanut farmer, once the leader of the free...

March 12, 2012

Harold Camping Eats Humble Pie, Admits That God Is in Control

“We have learned the very painful lesson that all of creation is in God’s hands...

February 2012

February 19, 2012

Bleaching the Bible

“Go ye therefore into all the nations, baptizing them in the name of Allah, his...

January 2012

January 28, 2012

Playing in Peoria: The St. Michael Prayer

In 1886, concerned about the spread of communism around the world, Pope Leo XIII penned...

January 04, 2012

Atheist Teaches Bible Stories With R-Rated Legos!

This is a story that's just hard to believe: That an atheist would create obscene...

December 2011

December 08, 2011

What Mary Wore: Belts and Veils from Mary’s Closet

In honor of the Marian feast this week, I thought I’d take a peek inside...

September 2011

September 14, 2011

Michelangelo’s David—and the World’s Worst Toilet

Some days one idea catapults into another, with the result that the sublime slams headlong...

September 02, 2011

The Bible on the Moon

"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." --Genesis 1:1 In February 1971,...