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January 2015

January 16, 2015

Is This a Miraculous Image of the Divine Mercy?

This article reports a miraculous image of the Divine Mercy in the Northern Lights. Is...

January 13, 2015

The Puri-Fire

I was talking with a man I'll call Henry today who lost his wife just...

December 2014

December 20, 2014

Idol Speculation

Did the pagans really worship idols? If so, what was going on? To be precise,...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

Troubled by Evil Spirits or Demons?

Are all evil spirits demonic? I don't think so, and here's why: From time to...

October 14, 2014

On Being Supernaturally Normal

I had a terrific compliment last week. This person didn’t praise me for being extraordinary....

September 2014

September 18, 2014

Could St Joseph of Cupertino Really Fly?

Today is the feast day of St Joseph of Cupertino. To learn about his life...

September 10, 2014

How to Use the Lord’s Prayer as a Spiritual Weapon

I once attended a seminar on the deliverance ministry conducted by the author and psychiatrist...

August 2014

August 29, 2014

Powerful St Patrick

Some time ago I had a dream in which I saw a young boy swimming...

August 14, 2014

10 Things to Remember About the Assumption of Mary

During the twenty years it took me to convert from a Bob Jones University student...

July 2014

July 25, 2014

Demonic Infection and Victory Over Sin

Is there a demonic element to seemingly ordinary human problems? Sometimes. While full blown demonic possession...

June 2014

June 21, 2014

Is Religion All in Your Head?

I remember how they wired up the visionaries at Medjugorje while they were experiencing their...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Do Catholics Believe in Ghosts?

from Guest blogger Paul Thigpen. Paul Thigpen PhD. is an editor at TAN books and...

July 2013

July 16, 2013

The Roots of Rage

This summer in America has erupted in racially charged protests about the verdict on the...

May 2013

May 22, 2013

Help My Kids Still Aren’t Catholic!!

An earlier post this week with a similar title evoked the most passionate comments I've...

January 2013

January 01, 2013

Holy Mary Mother of God and Mother of Me

I had a Southern Baptist friend who thought it was amusing, when visiting Catholic churches,...

December 2012

December 12, 2012

Is Anybody There?…In Hell That Is.

In the current debate on hell (which is really a debate on universalism) there is...

November 2012

November 02, 2012

Sin or Sanctity?

Sin is monotonous. Sanctity is totally original. Underneath this observation lurks a deeper truth--that sin...

October 2012

October 19, 2012

On Morality and Martyrdom

A debate has been cooking amongst various bloggers who are atheists about whether there is...

September 2012

September 11, 2012

My Peace I Give You

The wound at the foundation of all our other wounds is the deep wound at...

June 2012

June 20, 2012

Pride, Prejudice and Rational Religion

In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice Caroline says to Mr Bingley, I should like balls...

June 11, 2012

Radical Religion

My brother lives at the beach, and he was out walking the dog late one...

June 07, 2012

Be Not Afraid

As a Bible Christian I memorized a verse from the New Testament: "God has not...

May 2012

May 22, 2012

Abortion, Cannibalism and Black Magic

What does abortion have to do with witchcraft and black magic? Everything. Today human fetuses...

May 19, 2012

I’ll Fly Away Oh Glory!

Those who like fairy tales should love the story of the Ascension of Jesus Christ...

May 17, 2012

I Wannabe a Superhero

I tell the boys in school that they should be a priest because every boy...

May 09, 2012

Divine Mercy–Light in the Darkness

Recently I have been increasingly drawn to the Divine Mercy devotion. At the Catholic leadership...

April 2012

April 17, 2012

Do Catholics Worship Idols?

Now that the geeks at Patheos have give us such a snazzy new re-fit, I...

April 16, 2012

Weird Things Happen

I am constantly updating my 'Archived Articles' section of this blog. Over the years I've...

April 16, 2012

The Day I Met St Bernadette

In the summer of 1987 I was living in England and had three months free...

April 13, 2012

God Will Provide

I am not blogging or writing much today because I like to take Fridays as...

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