Why is Tim Tebow such a fascinating and polarizing figure? It's not just because he claims to be religious. The real reason is...
There was a moment last week when it looked as if the trade shipping Tebow from the Denver Broncos to the New York Jets might somehow fall through — that Tebow might end up a Jacksonville Jaguar instead, with a guaranteed starting job, a heavily evangelical fan base...
The Cross wins. It always wins. A meditation on Sunday's Gospel...
The Gospel today is, to the world and to those who are perishing, utter madness, utter foolishness. For Christ, in effect, declares that dying (to this world) is the only way to true life. While the world’s so-called wisdom declares to us that the way to life is power, prestige, possessions and popularity, Jesus says...
Are Catholics Christian?
Living in the Bible Belt has its moments. There’s a gritty reality to the religion in the South, and fairly often you feel like you really are living in a Flannery O’Connor story. One of the crunchy parts of living here are the “separated brethren” who seriously ask, “Are Catholics Christian?” It’s a difficult question to answer...
The Road Not Taken...
In 2008, basketball phenom Elena Delle Donne started attending the University of Connecticut, a decision that would likely have launched her sports career into the stratosphere. Two days later, she moved back to her home state to attend the University of Delaware which was 20 minutes from her family’s home.
100+ Charlie Chan sayings and proverbs. A surprisingly good selection of insights for your reading pleasure...
It's not enough just to be countercultural Catholics. We must resist pride and complacency, or we'll end up like those bitter old "Spirit of Vatican II" people...
I don’t usually think to support heresy, but this time, I owed a family member. So on a weekend where I could have been celebrating, well, anything, I packed a bag and spent a “retreat experience” with a group of women who can only be rightly described as “stretch pants ladies” – elderly post-Vatican II holdovers who have a deeper commitment to elast...
There was a moment last week when it looked as if the trade shipping Tebow from the Denver Broncos to the New York Jets might somehow fall through — that Tebow might end up a Jacksonville Jaguar instead, with a guaranteed starting job, a heavily evangelical fan base...
The Cross wins. It always wins. A meditation on Sunday's Gospel...
The Gospel today is, to the world and to those who are perishing, utter madness, utter foolishness. For Christ, in effect, declares that dying (to this world) is the only way to true life. While the world’s so-called wisdom declares to us that the way to life is power, prestige, possessions and popularity, Jesus says...
Are Catholics Christian?
Living in the Bible Belt has its moments. There’s a gritty reality to the religion in the South, and fairly often you feel like you really are living in a Flannery O’Connor story. One of the crunchy parts of living here are the “separated brethren” who seriously ask, “Are Catholics Christian?” It’s a difficult question to answer...
The Road Not Taken...
In 2008, basketball phenom Elena Delle Donne started attending the University of Connecticut, a decision that would likely have launched her sports career into the stratosphere. Two days later, she moved back to her home state to attend the University of Delaware which was 20 minutes from her family’s home.
100+ Charlie Chan sayings and proverbs. A surprisingly good selection of insights for your reading pleasure...
It's not enough just to be countercultural Catholics. We must resist pride and complacency, or we'll end up like those bitter old "Spirit of Vatican II" people...
I don’t usually think to support heresy, but this time, I owed a family member. So on a weekend where I could have been celebrating, well, anything, I packed a bag and spent a “retreat experience” with a group of women who can only be rightly described as “stretch pants ladies” – elderly post-Vatican II holdovers who have a deeper commitment to elast...
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