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August 2023

August 26, 2023

Sharing Truth in Love Means…

How do we share the revealed truth found in Christianity, especially when this truth causes...

July 2023

July 11, 2023

A Synod of Disappointment Looms: Who Is This Synod for Anyway?

As the Synod of Synodality approaches the First Session in October of 2023, its overseers...

July 05, 2023

Advice for Critics of the Catholic Church: Both Within and Without

After writing a blog for almost two years and engaging critics of the Church who...

July 02, 2023

An InConsistent Life Ethic: A Review of The Church’s Best-Kept Secret by Mark Shea

A couple of weeks back, a reader challenged me to read Mark Shea’s book, The...

June 2023

June 27, 2023

A Reflection on Suffering and End of Life Grace: In Memory of My Father

Some of my readers may have noticed a dip in writing production over the past...

May 2023

May 23, 2023

Beware Unfettered Kindness

In a past article, I wrote on the dangers of unfettered empathy. As equally dangerous...

May 17, 2023

What Yields When Political and Religious Thought Converge and Conflict?

In a recent opinion piece for the Los Angeles Times, Mary Jo McConahay lamented the...

May 03, 2023

5 Reasons Catholics “Leave” Jesus on the Cross

Recently, a very dear friend of mine (a Presbyterian pastor) asked me a question often...

April 2023

April 28, 2023

Who Chooses Hell?

In past articles, I wrote about hell and purgatory. In this article, I focus on...

April 26, 2023

Beware a Therapeutic Christ

Beware a therapeutic Christ. This Christ’s mission centers solely on acceptance and affirmation, not repentance...

April 20, 2023

3 Things Catholic Authority Is NOT

The Catholic Church speaks for the Almighty and good God! All the Pope’s pronouncements reflect...

April 13, 2023

Whom Do You Serve? Christ or…?

I write this a few days after Easter Sunday, 2023. Spring shows that new life...

April 07, 2023

Were You There When They Crucified the Lord?

To all regular Mass attendees, the reading for Palm Sunday (the Passion narrative) represents the...

March 2023

March 29, 2023

A Good Samaritan Does Not Abandon Those Who Suffer in Sin

I often write about sin. Sin is real. Sin causes untold suffering in the world....

March 26, 2023

5 American Good Shepherds of the Catholic Church

Considering some major disappointments among Church hierarchy of late concerning fidelity, I decided to highlight...

March 21, 2023

What is the Only Unforgiven Sin?

Then Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do...

March 13, 2023

The German Synodal Way Rejects Human Teleology and Blesses Sin

On March 10th 2023, the German Synodal Way (GSW) approved a five-page document allowing for...

March 10, 2023

How Do Protestants Escape Theological Errors?

Recently, Catholic apologist Trent Horn debated Protestant pastor and YouTuber, Dr. Gavin Ortlund, on whether...

March 08, 2023

An Appeal to Pope Francis on the 10th Anniversary of His Pontificate

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls,...

February 2023

February 28, 2023

When is Empathy Unhealthy? A Critique of Unfettered Empathy

Do you care about the feelings of others? Do you, like Bill Clinton in 1992,...

February 20, 2023

A Lenten Call for Prayer Requests

Many who observe Lent do so by abstaining and fasting. I too will honor this...

February 17, 2023

Beware This Type of Nuanced Thinking

During my time writing on Patheos, many of my readers on the more politically and...

February 06, 2023

My God, I am Sorry for my Sin…

While attending Confession on Saturday, God spoke to my spirit in a special way as...

January 2023

January 31, 2023

Honest Talk on the “Pastoral Approach” to Sexual Sin

But the exclusion of men and women because of their marital status or their sexual...

January 23, 2023

God’s Message in an Unbreakable Bottle: An Infallible Church

Recently, during a discussion between Douglas Beaumont (Catholic) and Matthew Graham (Protestant), and myself (also...

January 17, 2023

Pell Contra Synodality: The Last Written Words of George Cardinal Pell

On January 10th, 2023, the Church lost another giant—this time a literal physical giant. George...

January 16, 2023

The Latin Right on The Catholic Current: What is the Common Good?

On January 16, 2023, I was a guest on Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.’s program The...

January 09, 2023

Benedict XVI Tribute: Wisdom from “God’s Rottweiler”

Since the passing of the great pope Benedict XVI, I've spent a lot of time...

January 05, 2023

Historical Context: In Defense of the First Crusaders?

Do you consider yourself someone who understands historical context? How about the word historiography? Many...

December 2022

December 30, 2022

By What Authority? The Keys to Real Authority in the Church

The concept of authority is an intriguing one. Whether it’s government authorities, religious authorities, medical...