On this Feast of Pentecost, we face a culture that has increased the power of shallowness and decreased the value of depth and maturity to the point where there is…
I’ve heard this so many times: Why can’t I find love? What’s wrong with me? The expectations of some fairy tale notions wound us and wound our children. Add to…
The famous philosopher Aldus Huxley once wrote: "If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion." Huxley wrote…
"All you gotta do is rub that lamp!" "Mr. Aladdin, sir, what will your pleasure be. Let me take your order, jot it down. You ain't never had a friend…
“All is gift.” This phrase captures both the simple and profound message that embodies the mystery of living a Eucharistic life. You may ask “What does that mean?” And I…
Sometimes what's best for us isn't really apparent in the middle of our journey. It's only later we discover that an event, though difficult at the time, actually turned out…
All too often we spend our lives waiting for that perfect moment when everything is going "right" and all around me is positive and affirming. And, the longer we live,…
The tragic state of families today in our society is seen best in the absence of fathers. This epidemic of fatherlessness has huge implications for the formation of children into…
"To everything (turn turn turn), there is a season, (turn turn turn) and a time to every purpose under heaven." I was 5 years old when that song was recorded…
Christ is risen!
What does it mean to "believe in" something? I confess most of my life I've just taken for granted that I knew, and everyone around me knew, what…