Life’s Blue Light Special
My sister, Carolyn, likes to tell this story about me when I was a newly-married householder, but she may not remember it as I do. She was visiting as my ...
Why Many Young Catholics Stay in the Church
Sophia was 25 years old when she was interviewed for the book, “Young Adult Catholics, Religion in the Culture of Choice” by Dean Hoge et al, a book to which ...
Skeptical about Skeptical Faith?
Somewhere in my formal education, I learned the importance of critical thinking. I believe it was in high school, taught by priests, but I know I already had an idea ...
Saying “No” to the Sense of Entitlement
We huffed and puffed climbing the steep path up a scruffy mountain, over orange to watermelon-sized rocks and the big tree roots protruding between them. It was hot, and the ...
Must You Be a Soldier in the Culture War?
David Brooks, the famous columnist for the New York Times who often appears as a commentator on TV news shows, recently wrote a column called “The Benedict Option.” An apparently ...
Sweating the Small Stuff
The sign on a college classroom door reads, “Philosophy 101.” A professor walks in and places a jar, about the size of an average cookie jar, on his desk. He ...