COLUMNS
Why be Catholic?
We seldom see the hidden hand of God at work in this world, but God is always active in human history. C.S. Lewis always stressed the fact that, “The Church will outlive the universe, and because of this, the individual person within it will outlive the universe.”
Small ways to save the world
So, you want to save the world? Yeah, so do I.
A picture of peace and radical love
Each May, The Christophers gather to bestow awards on books, film, and television programs that affirm the highest values of the human spirit.
Language, symbols and self-understanding
A reporter once asked two men at the construction site where a church was being built what each did for a living. The first man replied: “I’m a bricklayer.”
A collision of lives in World War II
Though he had been a hero of World War II, Clarence Smoyer was living in obscurity in Allentown, Pennsylvania, until best-selling author and military historian Adam Makos visited him in 2012 on the advice of a college friend.
The world we leave our children
"What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to children who are now growing up?"
Talking sensibly about God: The rabbi, the saint and the rest of us
Some years ago, an acquaintance asked me why I didn’t write columns or articles that were more theological. Certainly, he said, my education enabled me to undertake the task.
The world we leave our children
"What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to children who are now growing up?"
This summer let young and old climb aboard the same canoe!
My fondest memories of summer are the times spent with my favorite aunt at her cottage nestled in the Adirondack Mountains.
Technology for contemplation
I can't say that I live in a smart home.
A graduate's encouraging words and life
Last year, a young woman named Haley Moss graduated from the University of Miami School of Law.
Your summer pilgrimage
Just about everybody has heard of the Camino de Santiago. Sometimes, it seems just about everybody but me has walked the Camino.
Every life should be blessed with a Charlotte
Hanging on my kitchen wall is a little plaque given to me by my dear friend, John. He found it in a quaint Irish shop in Smithville and bought one for me and one for his wife, Rose.
How to accept criticism: a spiritual exercise
More than 19 million people tuned in to watch the final episode of “Game of Thrones” May 19, making it the most viewed show to ever air on HBO.
Faith, fear and death
“A common soldier dies without fear; Jesus died afraid.” Iris Murdoch wrote those words which, I believe, help expose an over-simplistic notion we have of how faith reacts in the face of death.
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