In a thought-provoking review, Kevin Clark adds insight on the five passages in The Screwtape Letters which are highlighted most often by readers on Kindle.
Read More »The Internet and the End of Western Civilization
by Kevin Clark | In 1995, most people were not yet on the Internet. If someone wanted to insult you or your mother or your sister or your ancestors they would have had to do it to your face.
Read More »5 Things to Learn About Virtue from St. Francis de Sales
by Kevin Clark | St. Francis de Sales, a Bishop and spiritual writer, is best known for 'Introduction to the Devout Life'. Here are five of the things we can learn from him about virtue...
Read More »The 4 Most Highlighted Kindle Passages from ‘Mere Christianity’
by Kevin Clark | In 'Mere Christianity', C. S. Lewis presented a sort of "baseline" Christianity to get across the most important points without broaching the contentious issues.
Read More »What Inspires You? Help Us Create Our Top 10 List!
by Kevin Clark | What are your favorite books, movies, television programs, videos, speeches, etc., which inspire you to become a better person?
Read More »Four Thoughts to Start Your Day Off Right
by Kevin Clark | We shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills...
Read More »Does the Constitution Guarantee Freedom *from* Religion?
by Kevin Clark | Whenever the idea of freedom of religion comes up, someone invariably mentions that it includes 'freedom from religion'.
Read More »What if Hobby Lobby Had Lost?
by Kevin Clark | Suppose that the Supreme Court had decided against Hobby Lobby. What would they have done?
Read More »7 Things I Learned from Driving 5600 Miles with My Wife and 4 Children
by Kevin Clark | We took the children to the Grand Canyon and other spectacular places, which they certainly enjoyed, but the highlight of the trip...
Read More »The Children of Hope
by Kevin Clark " | Recently, I read the novel The Children of Men by P. D. James. The premise of the book is that sometime in the not too distant future, women stop conceiving and giving birth. The book takes place approximately 25 years after the last child was born, and so there are, on the face of the earth, no more children.
Read More »The Day You Couldn’t Stop Smiling
by Kevin Clark | When you first graduate from college, you attend many weddings. For the five years or so after college, several weddings seem to come every year—some weddings where you know the betrothed well and you are actually in the wedding party, and some where you merely witness the proceedings.
Read More »Smoking and Religion: Two Things You Can’t Do in Public
by Kevin Clark | The legislature of Arizona recently passed a law which allows a business to assert a free exercise defense if it is accused of discrimination for refusing to provide a service to a customer. The Arizona law, which has gone to Governor Jan Brewer to sign or veto, closely tracks the wording of the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Read More »His Father Saw Him from Afar: ‘Windows Into the Life of a Priest’
Kevin Clark shares how God looked out for youngster, Fr. Robert Lange, and saved him from many mishaps. Read more in his memoirs!
Read More »Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There!
Stillness is a thing which it seems harder and harder to find. The constant barrage of information that comes to us now is seemingly more confusing than ever. Years ago, I remember seeing pictures of Times Square, with its multiple electronic screens flashing messages to passersby, and I thought it would be a rather disorienting place to be.
Read More »What Can We Learn from Pope Francis?
There is currently a program on network television called Undercover Boss. If you haven’t seen it, the premise is that the CEO (or another high muckety-muck) of some large company ...
Read More »6 Ways to Celebrate the Feast of St. Nicholas
Kevin Clark shares 6 home-based and parish focused ideas for celebrating the Feast of St. Nicholas with children.
Read More »Are Kids Better Off Poor?
The children of the Hollywood producer will never need to work a day in their lives. They can have anything they want; or more specifically, they can have anything their super wealthy dad is willing to buy for them. Ordinary families tell their children that they cannot have everything simply due to lack of money. For the super wealthy, that's just not true.
Read More »Where are Tomorrow’s Catholic Leaders?
Catholic parents seeks to shelter their children in their youth, so that they may grow in wisdom and holiness without constant battering from the world. But once they are grown and educated, these children no longer need shelter. They are able to take what they have learned and engage the world without fear.
Read More »Hey, High School Students, It’s Time to Make Some Choices
This is primarily written toward teenagers who are currently working on high school, but will—before they know it—be going on to college or the working world. As you grow up, ...
Read More »4 Tips for Homeschooling High School
I was home schooled for the last three years of high school, grades 10 through 12. I feel that I learned much more being home schooled for those three years ...
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