“I’m their leader! Which way did they go?” I have a cap with two bills on it, one in the front and one in the back with that slogan on…
As a “son of the South” I’ve heard people say “Bless your heart” all my life. And the irony is that this phrase that almost sounds like a prayer, is…
One of the most difficult realities I’ve had to face as an adult, as a priest, as a husband, and as a father is waking up to the reality of…
At a recent spiritual retreat, I was asked to conduct, I was asked how one should prepare to deal with questions about the faith when others ask about it. Usually,…
Why is it we avoid asking inconvenient questions? Or maybe they are just uncomfortable questions. Questions that get to the heart of a real injustice, or a deep-seated prejudice, or…
We really have succumbed to such a consumerist mindset that the Pavlovian trigger of “sale” actually has us queuing up outside the “box” retailers to wait in the cold to…
C.S. Lewis said it best: “Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance, the only thing it cannot be is moderately important.” So true! You…
The word Holy means "set apart for a specific and exclusive use." Something or someone who is holy is singularly dedicated to a single purpose and action. No wonder the…
"I can pray out in the woods so much better than in a church!" But do you do that? Seriously, I hear so many excuses as a priest from folks…
I grew up in the American South in the 1960's when the country was tearing itself apart over the war in Vietnam and the horrible cancer of racism and prejudice.…