I laughed out loud when a comedian started talking about words that seem to contradict each other. Phrases like "Jumbo Shrimp" and "Military Intelligence" and "Government Efficiency." They just seem to cancel each other out!
On a more serious note, St. Anthony the Great, the desert dweller, once said: "A time is coming when men will…
We were talking in Bible study recently about "First Principles." It seems this is something we so rarely consider, but if we miss fundamental truths, we always end up in places we never intended to go.
For instance, if you don't build your life on the fundamental truth that when you say "God" you mean the…
Marketing experts expect U.S. companies to spend over 200 BILLION dollars on advertising and marketing this year. While TV advertising is still number one in marketing dollars, online ads are gaining ground, with the mobile ads starting to appear on the phone screens of Americans gaining the most ground.
And do you know why American companies will…
Here's a link to last night's Open Line Sunday Faith Encouraged LIVE program on Pentecostalism. I was joined by my good friend and fellow AFR podcaster, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick. Fr. Andrew told us about his upcoming revised and expanded book "Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy" coming out this Fall.
Click here: http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/faithencouragedlive/pentecostalism
If you were raised in the Pentecostal…
"Now THAT's a real American!" The conversation centered, as all conversations seem to during an election year, on a particular political idea. The enthusiastic judge of what a "true American" really is was thrilled that the talking head on some 24 hour news station agreed with his idea in the first place. And, it was…
You've met them before. They are the ones who aren't the center of attention, but they recognize who should be the center of attention and introduce those folks to everyone else. These people seem to have the knack of recognizing who should lead, who should speak, and who should be the example for everyone else.
These…
It seems the backlash against political correctness has become stronger and stronger in our society. In fact, there are some who describe political correctness as nothing more than the attempts of others to control or shame or manipulate others into obedience. A new book by a conservative talk show host titled "You WILL Be Made…
There seems to be a cottage industry that has developed in America all surrounding the notion that modern life is lonely. It seems this sense of loneliness flows from the notion that we are to be "self sufficient" and not "need" anybody to help us. We live in a society of radically autonomous people all…
A dear priest friend of mine is on pilgrimage to the Holy Land and other holy sites in the area. Recently he and his fellow pilgrims came to the final resting place of Lazarus, the man the Lord raised from the dead. And that got me started thinking about Lazarus and his miraculous healing and…
Here's something I saw on the internet (so it must be true) the other day: "Fall in love with someone who doesn't make you think love is hard." I could see many of my friends see this and go "aww, isn't that sweet?" And many people I know would quickly agree with this sentiment. But…