Are you a reverted or lapsed Catholic? If so, I’d like to hear from you for a new project. I want to know why you left, what kept you away and what brought you back. What was the defining moment for you in each of these stages? If you’re open Read more
Please take a look at Whispers in the Loggia. http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/. Today’s post about the four Franciscan Friars who trekked 300 miles from Chicago to Washington will inspire you to the hilt. Their example of trust in God – and what that example evoked in others along their way – is Read more
Funny, I thought freedom of speech was one of the founding principles of this country. Ove the years, I’ve watched groups of various kinds fight tooth and nail – and win, mind you – for the right to print, show off, and sell some of the most vile and vulgar…errr…merchandise. Read more
Militant groups trying to impose Islamic law on a country…insurgent-like attacks, thousands have fled their homes… http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090729/ap_on_re_af/af_nigeria_violence Some might try to tell me that the events in Nigeria and Iraq are unrelated. I beg to differ, wholeheartedly. Perhaps they’re not generated by the same source or carried out in the Read more
Those of us who grew up in the sixties and seventies will remember the waves of overpopulation scares. Over and over again we were told to cut back on having children because in a few years there wasn’t going to be enough land or resources to house and feed the Read more
Caught this on the New York Post website. Is anybody else wondering about the quality (or lack thereof) of research being put into the proposed health care plan? More and more I’m hearing comments from President Obama and his administration that seem to indicate they know nothing at all about Read more
Then he shook his head, looked me in the eye and said, “I actually apologized, I APOLOGIZED to all my friends for voting for Obama.” “He” is a young African America soldier with whom I had the great pleasure of conversing early this morning during a visit to the Veterans Read more