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Child-ish or Child-like. Which Are You?
Childlikeness isn’t something we can acquire on our own. It’s a grace we must ask for, and one that the Father is most willing to give us.
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Lou Gehrig, Mayo Clinic, and Me
I’m not facing the life-threatening obstacles that Gehrig faced, but I am facing some obstacles of my own. And I’ve been asking myself if I could honestly say, I’m the luckiest (wo)man on the face of the earth.
I don’t think I could at first, but I’m getting there, and for the same reasons that Gehrig got there.
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The One Beatitude I Struggle with Most (At Least Right Now)
I do better and worse at living the Beatitudes, depending on what’s going on in my life at the moment, Sometimes I have a difficult time being merciful, especially in the face of injustice. I’m not always the best peacemaker, particularly when there’s drama involved, I’m fatigued, and I just want to wash my hands of the whole mess. I’m not so sure I ever like to be persecuted.
Right now, it’s this one I most struggle with.
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Let ISIS Force Our Faith In, Not Out
ISIS has threatened again and again to wipe out Christianity. Our times are not unlike the times of the Early Church, when Christians were literally thrown to the lions for their beliefs. Rather than let themselves be wiped out, Christians instead beca…
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St. Monica on Parenting: When do parental responsibilities end?
What would have happened if Monica, like most modern-day parents, had washed her hands of Augustine when he turned 18?
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Total Darkness: What the Planned Parenthood videos tell us about ourselves
Planned Parenthood is selling baby parts and intact fetuses. How did it ever come to this?
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Seed of a New World: Film gives faith a new spin
Every once in a while, you come across one that you absolutely can’t turn down. What this group of young professionals in Austin is doing is one that you just can’t turn down.