I went grocery shopping with all four of the kids the other day. Kids. Yeah, right. They’re 23, 20, 17 and 12 years old. But they sure acted like kids, and I loved every moment of it. I can’t remember the last time I navigated a food aisle with eight Read more
Who Knows. It’s too early to project a winner of the 2008 United States Presidential Election. Likely, we won’t know for a while because I’ll bet anything there will be recount calls, accusations, and perhaps even (God forbid) some civil unrest. But regardless of who, legitimately or illegitimately, comes up Read more
“Whumpf.” I lay there, dazed and out of breath. As soon as I’d hit the landing, I knew I’d be paying dearly for my unfortunate misstep down our basement stairs. My eyes had gone dark, my ears were ringing, and there was a weird eletric-y feeling zipping up and down Read more
We didn’t do trick or treating this year. We didn’t do it last year, either. Or the year before. Or the 20 years before that. We’ve never gone trick or treating and we never will. We won’t celebrate Halloween at all. The origins are rooted in the worship of pagan Read more
Luke and I were out making deliveries last night. My new book, Waiting with Mary; Advent Reflections for Those Who Hate to Wait is hot off the press and we had a few customers who wanted them for weekend events. We weaved down a tree-lined suburban road toward the Schoenstatt Read more
Somebody’s probably going to want to potch my mouth for saying this, but… I wonder if having Barak Obama as president could actually be a good thing for the Pro-Life Movement. Okay. Go ahead. Swing… And then, hear me out. Ever since Obama surfaced and began gaining amplitude as a Read more
I kind of smiled when I read the headline, “Obama vows to change the world” on the Telegraph website. At first glance, it’s funny. given more serious consideration, it becomes downright scary. I can think of a few other political figures who vowed to change the world. Take Diocletian for Read more