by Dave Armstrong | Contrary to the claims of some Protestant apologists, Catholics actually have a wide freedom to read and interpret the Bible.
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by John Clark | Most nights, I wind up watching an old show, 'The Twilight Zone'. It’s one that my brothers and I used to watch every weeknight...
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by Dr Mitchell Kalpakgian | The habit of wastefulness does not stop with extravagant spending, as human beings are guilty of wasting many other valuable resources.
Read More »Fr. John Hardon: A Humble, Catholic Giant
Fr. John A. Hardon (1914-2000) was a holy man. No greater thing can be said about a person. He worked tirelessly for the propagation of the gospel, and was a ...
Read More »Why We Must Love the Difficult Students *More*
by John Clark | There are always 'difficult' students. Because of that fact, Lisa and I have discovered that we need nine different methods of teaching for our nine children.
Read More »Canonized from the Cross: How St Dismas Shows it’s Never Too Late to be a Great Saint
by John Clark | It is often wondered why today is called “Good Friday.” It seems contradictory to call the events of Good Friday good. The thief, Dismas...
Read More »Lent: A Way of Looking Within and Beyond the Soul
by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | The routine of life forces man to think of today’s basic needs, tomorrow’s debts, next week’s social events, and next month’s travel plans. But in Lent...
Read More »Why Suffering *With* Christ (Not Just For Him) is Biblical
by Dave Armstrong | Most educated, serious Christians understand that suffering is to be expected in the Christian life. It's not an anomaly or interruption in an otherwise “normal” life. It's to be expected; even welcomed.
Read More »Circular Reasoning: Why My Life Revolves Around the Supermarket Flyer
by John Clark | There is something that I am in interesting in digesting: food. And that brings me to my favorite publication—the supermarket circular.
Read More »The Problem with Being Too Busy
by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | In “The Prologue” to The Canterbury Tales Chaucer introduces the Man of Law, one of the characters on the pilgrimage to the shrine of Thomas a Beckett, with these famous lines: “No one in England matched his bustling about,/ But still, he wasn’t so busy as he always made out.”
Read More »How Screwtape Keeps us Distracted from the Present Moment
by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | The business of devils, explains Screwtape, involves diverting human minds from the present and the eternal by leading them into the past and the future.
Read More »Revelation! 1001 Bible Answers to Theological Questions
I’ve been asked to highlight one of my books. The book I chose is Revelation! 1001 Bible Answers to Theological Questions. The structure of Revelation! is perhaps an “original” idea. ...
Read More »How St. Joseph Lived the Greatest Calling of Husband and Father
by John Clark | Men in history are often remembered for things like winning a battle, governing a country, composing a symphony, writing a masterpiece, or inventing a life-changing device. Today, the Church honors a man who did none of these.
Read More »The University of the Universe
by Bob Wiesner | “The world is charged with the grandeur of God…” So runs a line from Gerard Manley Hopkins, the great Jesuit Victorian poet. In the universe...
Read More »“God Loves Me”: What That Means in 25 Answers
A friend of mine recently asked for a quote to remind her of the love of God. Her request was an expression of the profound need in every human: to ...
Read More »The Wheel of Fortune: 4 Ways Man Deals with Good and Bad Luck
Throughout the Middle Ages artists and poets allude often to the goddess Fortuna or the Wheel of Fortune—the ever changing nature of human events that affect all human beings. This ...
Read More »Snow Blindness: Why I Can’t See Winter’s Bright Side
by John Clark | As I write this column in mid-February, I am winter-sick. (Note to reader: Before some of you write in, complaining that “winter-sick” is not a word, I already know that.
Read More »Why We Need to Play More!
In the course of a year, all persons are aware of the weekdays and the weekends, of work days and national holidays like Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Labor Day and ...
Read More »5 Easy Ways to Boost Your Prayer Life this Lent
by John Clark | This is the last in a three-part series on the Lenten duties of almsgiving, fasting, and prayer. As a way of finishing off these 15 strategies for Lent, I submit these ideas about prayer.
Read More »Toys & Tributes: Why the Old & Young Need Each Other
by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | In the story an old home that dates from several hundred years ago lies in a state of neglect and in need of repair.
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