“Abuse (and the trauma that results from it) causes not only the anxiety of meaninglessness and the anxiety of guilt, but also the anxiety of
A somewhat recent article in Scientific America caught my eye: this one is about aging, or rather it is about reversing the effects of aging.
Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation. —Kurt D. Bruner, Kurt Bruner, Jim Ware, Finding God in the Lord of
In the Gospels we never see Jesus as an attendee at a funeral. He attends festivals, weddings, and so many dinner parties that people consider him
I used to be jealous of Mary. Not because she has the fullness of grace and I don’t. Not because she has the immense privilege
Maybe you can remember some of the most unpleasant feelings in your life. Heat so scorching that your skin burns, your head throbs, and any
I was reflecting on my first month of the new year and my resolution/theme of “stronger.” I’ve been going to the gym a lot this
My first Confirmation class (quite some years ago now) ended with an enticing cliffhanger: “Next week, I’ll teach you how to lie,” our teacher told
Transhumanism is a desperate belief system that grasps at technological straws. But the raw desperation in that grasping has the potential–like all Utopian movements–to unleash
If singing is praying twice, then praying hymns is more than simply praying twice. It is that by which we feed our souls, uplift our spirits, encounter the Lord, and in doing so, become whole when broken.
Dogs were given the task of making God’s love of mankind known every day, and they do a fantastic job of it.
When I was a teenager and with the Boy Scouts (i.e., Venture Scouts), I went to Manatoba, Canada to do a Northern Tier trek canoeing
As I am writing this article, I have only recently wiped the ashes off of my forehead reminding me that I am dust and I
I feel truly blessed by God to be on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land that spans nearly ten weeks. The pilgrimage has afforded me
I walked through the yard where they were collecting the bodies of those killed by the typhoon. They bring them in on trucks, collecting them
First of all: Happy Halloween, Happy All Saints Day, Happy All Souls Day, and Happy Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time! This sequence of days (okay,
My wife woke up this morning earlier than normal and hugged me, real hard. Surprised and in a sleepy stupor, I hugged her back as
Here’s a secret: I’m a bad person. On June 5th I found out my friend Kacie died of a heroin overdose. She was 23 years
Earlier today, I watched “Hello Herman,” a movie that explores the subject of school shootings in an interesting format. The film taught me nothing that
Our society is very fond of euphemisms. We like to wrap up difficult ideas and realities with words that make us feel warm and fuzzy,
It turns out that I am dying. One day, in the not too distant future, I will be dead. It may be tomorrow or it
