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November 2016

November 19, 2016

The Tortoise Always Wins.

The simplest things, teach us the most powerful lessons. The tortoise always wins. No matter...

November 17, 2016

If You Love Me You will keep My Commandments.

If you love me you will obey my commandments. We don't prove out love with...

November 16, 2016

Bishop Anthony Taylor Says It All

Bishop Anthony Taylor, the Bishop of Arkansas, wrote a letter to his flock that I...

November 11, 2016

We are Not Qualified. We’re Forgiven.

God makes unlikely choices to do His work. God can use you. And me. I've...

November 05, 2016

Choose Sanity. Choose Christ.

We the People have been battered into a kind of emotional and mental breakdown by...

August 2016

August 18, 2016

Cancer has Taught Me the Cure: We Have to Follow Christ.

I wrote this last week for the National Catholic Register. I’ve been trying to...

August 05, 2016

As the World Gets Crazier and Meaner, Follow Jesus Christ

I wrote this post for the National Catholic Register a few weeks back. Since then,...

May 2016

May 02, 2016

Pregnant and Diagnosed with Cancer

These videos tell the story of one young family's fight with cancer. Mom of the...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

My First Wobbly Post Cancer Post, and It’s About Little g gods.

This post for Catholic Vote was the first post I wrote after being away so...

April 28, 2016

There are Two Ways to Survive Cancer

I'm back. Sort of. As I explain in this post I wrote for the National...

January 2016

January 06, 2016

Cancer and Dementia are Risky Ailments in a Time of Euthanasia.

I stopped off at Catholic Vote this morning to write a post adding to another...

December 2015

December 10, 2015

Cancer or Not, I Know Whom I have Believed and I Trust Him.

This is another article I wrote for the Register. This one is about my surgery...

December 10, 2015

God’s Blessings are Circled with Thorns, Dressed with Tenderness.

I wrote this post about family and thankfulness for the National Catholic Register. Here's part...

November 2015

November 26, 2015

At the Evening of Life, We Shall Be Judged on our Love

My uncle died last Sunday. I'm going to Dallas early next week for my appointment...

November 06, 2015

Faithful Catholic Politicians Need Our Prayers and Support

Kimberly Hahn, wife of prolific Catholic apologist Scott Hahn, got herself elected to an at...

October 2015

October 28, 2015

Gay Activists Demand Secular, Non-Irish St Patrick’s Day Parade

This is unfathomable on the basis of discrimination or any of the other claims that...

October 22, 2015

Drug Addiction is a Catastrophe for Families

I wish that the Synod on the Family had been able to spend more time...

October 21, 2015

No Matter What the Synod Does, I Will Keep on Doing What I’ve Been Doing

Conscience is a weak reed on which to lay the foundation of your eternal destiny....

October 21, 2015

Nearly 500 British Priests Urge Synod to Stand Firm on Communion for Remarried

Nearly 500 British priests sent a letter to the Synod Fathers, urging them to stand...

October 17, 2015

How to Tell the World that You Love Jesus

Evangelization is not only awkward to say, most of us find it awkward to do....

October 15, 2015

Studies Show Porn and Abortion are Allies

I was there when most of the tracks that led us to where we are...

October 12, 2015

Synod Leaders are “Log Rolling” Say Cardinals

A group of Synod Fathers, including Cardinal Dolan, have written a letter to Pope Francis...

October 10, 2015

History Repeats in USA, But Evil Will Never Triumph

What happens when evil appears to triumph? I wrote about that for CatholicVote. Here's part...

October 07, 2015

Two Priests In Trouble for Having Boyfriends. Is There a Difference Between Them?

This is a post about two prominent priests. The first prominent priest held a powerful...

October 05, 2015

Gov Jerry Brown Forgot the First Rule: Don’t Kill Innocent People!

Governor Jerry Brown jumped off the cliff and into the volcano of mass murder today....

October 02, 2015

All the Christians Stand Up

If a shooter said All the Christians stand up to you, what would you do? Sadly,...

September 2015

September 24, 2015

Address to Joint Session: Our Pope Channeled Jesus in a Present-Day Sermon on the Mount

This is my reaction to Pope Francis' address to the joint session of Congress today....

September 22, 2015

If We Don’t Fight for Life, This Hunger for Annihilation Will Devour Us All

My near death experience with Mama pushed me to considering a nursing home. I wrote...

September 17, 2015

What Do You Put on the Altar of Your Heart?

Pro life people must not confine their pro life thinking to the tiny intellectual boxes...

September 15, 2015

It was a Mama Kind of Weekend.

My family and I had a rough weekend with Mama. Here's a summary of part...