Life

| September 3, 2009

God is the source of all life. To deny Him is to despise the life in yourself. To reject Him is to reject love. The loving God forgives and waits with open arms.

Worth pondering

| August 11, 2009

A lot of people who can’t accept the idea of infallibility are really only opposed to the idea that someone besides themselves might be infallible.

Fear

| August 1, 2009

Do not fear. He loves you, and He will not go away merely because you fear that He will abandon you. He will not go away because, in your fear, you wish He would. He will be there for you always. Test it: pray.

Note to hyperlad

| July 25, 2009

I can’t think of any circumstance under which one should wear a toilet seat on one’s head. The fact that you say you “can’t believe it!” doesn’t really change that.

The Least of These

| July 17, 2009

Today My Charming and Patient Husband and I were discussing the Church, and where people with learning disabilities feel comfortable and welcomed, and a thought occurred to me: that in many venues, they might be thought of as “the least.” But if you think about it at all, if you have any value for humanity, […]

The God of Missles and Fastballs

| July 16, 2009

We’ve all met someone who knows Him. But that isn’t God, not really. God is love, not a weapon. We should never launch Him as one.

A Message to the Gentlemen

| July 8, 2009

You hear a lot these days about abortion being a “women’s issue.” (No pun intended.) You’ll hear people say that men have no right to an opinion on the subject, though those same people will welcome a man’s opinion if it is “pro choice.”  They will say, though, that it is none of your business […]

The Central Question about Abortion

| July 4, 2009

The thing I think we sometimes forget is that people are human beings, not just causes or issues. I know our nation has forgotten that when it comes to abortion. Abortion has become a political platform, a women’s issue, or a crusading cause. People forget to ask themselves the simple, basic, obvious question: how should […]

Heard around the house

| June 28, 2009

Monkeytot: I want rice. Dad: We don’t have any rice made. Monkeytot: We do have rice made. Dad: The sun rises in the east. Monkeytot: No it isn’t.

And now Michael

| June 25, 2009

Rest in peace. May the Lord protect and care for his children.