Soldiers are people, too.

I had a good dose of reality Thursday night. I went to a Family Readiness Briefing with Matt. His brigade is being deployed soon and so the National Guard arranged a meeting to inform and support the soldiers and families as they prepare. As I looked around the auditorium, I Read more

And the winner is…

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

How I deprive my kids

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

Oh, deer!

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