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September 2015

September 12, 2015

Pro Life Answer to Prayer

Here in upstate South Carolina our pro life prayer warriors launched a campaign called "Close...

September 12, 2015

Bad News Overload and Living Locally

The other day a parishioner was stressed out because of all the bad news in...

September 12, 2015

Success Over Easy

My essay for Imaginative Conservative this week is a study of an American success story:...

September 11, 2015

Gay Bishop Gene Robinson to Meet Pope Francis?

CRUX carries an AP story reporting that President Obama has invited a whole range of...

September 11, 2015

Queen Hillary to Become Warm and Cuddly

Faced with disastrous poll results and falling support Queen Hillary has decided to become more...

September 11, 2015

Sin. What’s That?

One of the most troubling things I encounter as a pastor is people's lack of...

September 10, 2015

Balancing Justice and Mercy

My article for Aleteia this week examines Pope Francis' pleas for mercy and how they...

September 10, 2015

Ten Things That Empty Churches

What are the factors that attract people to follow Jesus Christ in his church and...

September 10, 2015

Helping Heal the Marriage Mess

My latest article for CRUX outlines how the new procedures for annulments will help my...

September 09, 2015

So the Church is a Mess–Be a Radical Disciple

From time to time I receive emails from readers who complain about the state of...

September 08, 2015

Faster Annulments: Building a Raft Out of the Wreckage

Today the Vatican released two documents updating the Code of Canon Law regarding marriage annulments....

September 08, 2015

Is “Conservative Dissent” Brewing Inside the Vatican?

This article from the Washington Post gives a typical progressive slant on Catholic news....

September 07, 2015

Did Jesus Have Brothers and Sisters?

A reader commented recently that she has a Protestant friend who always refers to St...

September 06, 2015

Why the Kim Davis Case Matters

I'm sorry, but I can't jump on the "Defend Kim Davis" bandwagon. I respect the...

September 06, 2015

Hobbit Holes and the Holy

This week's article at The Imaginative Conservative is an abridged version of a chapter from...

September 05, 2015

Is Hell Eternal?

Let me say right up front that I hope hell is not eternal. I hope...

September 04, 2015

Pope Francis and Billy Graham

My post for Aleteia this week compares the preaching method and message of Billy...

September 03, 2015

Kim Davis and Thomas More

As Kentucky clerk Kim Davis does jail time I have been thinking all day about...

September 03, 2015

Little Boy. Big Movie

I finally got the chance to watch Little Boy --the family film that came out in theaters...

September 02, 2015

English Aleteia Has a Facelift

Wow! Go here to see the beautiful re-design of the Aleteia website. Aleteia is a...

September 02, 2015

Abortion and Invincible Ignorance

In Catholic theology "invincible ignorance" is simply the lack of knowledge about the faith for...

August 2015

August 28, 2015

Film Noir… et Blanc: Morality at the Movies:

My article this week at Imaginative Conservative is a discussion of morality in movies--using two...

August 28, 2015

Hell. Will Lots of People Go There?

Yesterday's post on universalism deserves a follow up. If there is such a place as...

August 27, 2015

Universalism: Christianity’s Killer

"Catholic" means "universal" but "Catholicism" does not mean "Universalism". Universalism is the false doctrine that...

August 27, 2015

Is Mercy is Always Mushy?

My article for Aleteia this week considers the matter of mercy. Too often mercy...

August 27, 2015

Abortion Leads to War

It was Mother Teresa who said, I feel the greatest destroyer of peace today is...

August 26, 2015

Earth is Moving for New Our Lady of the Rosary Church

Did you help by donating to the campaign I ran last Fall to help build...

August 26, 2015

Virginia Gun Violence: Symptom of Society’s Sickness

From what we know so far a "disgruntled employee" Bryce Williams walks up and shoots...

August 26, 2015

Ten Commandments for Protestants Considering Catholicism

Working in the Bible Belt we Catholics often come across Protestants who are being led...

August 25, 2015

Did Archbishop Cupich Really Call for “Mercy for Nontraditional Families”?

I wrote a hastily and ill informed blog post about Archbishop Cupich yesterday in the midst...

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