I mailed the following 1-page letter to Pope Francis. Dear Pope Francis in Christ, Happy birthday! I hope that you had a blessed and holy birthday filled with God’s joy and love. Since your birthday was on Saturday, a group […]
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Modesty Is a Direction Not a Line
I wrote my monthly piece on Catholic Stand about the virtue of modesty: I get frustrated when I see this seemingly endless discussion in certain Catholic circles about how women should dress. How long should the skirt be? Are skinny […]
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5 Hidden heroes I’ve known in my life
I wrote about our need for heroes over at Aeteia: Modern society seems to find it tough to find heroes. Instead of turning to the saints, we often look to celebrities (who often aren’t real heroes) or to superheroes (who […]
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A quick summary of pope’s letter ending the Year of Mercy
I wrote a summary of this letter for Crux: As the Year of Mercy ended, Pope Francis signed an apostolic letter imploring us to continue being merciful called Misericordia et Misera. This letter continues key themes of Francis. The title […]
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Men Only! Mary Story Contest
When we think about Mary, we tend to think a lot about how women have been helped. I know many men who have also been helped. A few weeks ago, Crossbound rosaries offered me one of their manly paracord rosaries. I […]
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How I use Twitter
I’ve somehow succeeded on Twitter so I finally decided I would explain some of how I work. I did so in a series of tweets I’ll post here as a blog. A few practical tweets about my twitter. First, I […]
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Genocide of Christians by ISIS a reality we can’t ignore
I think there is a storng moral argument to help persecuted Christians and this argument was just published on Crux. Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, […]
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Sound Bite Problems… Even in Christian Media
I have commented a few times on what helps teens stay active in their faith. About 2 weeks ago, Catholic News Agency contacted me to interview for a story they were doing on a recent CARA study on the how many […]
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Why Catholics are leaving the faith by age 10 – and what parents can do about it
I was intervewed by Catholic News Agency on preventing teens from leaving the Church. Fr. Matthew Schneider, LC, who worked in youth ministry for four years, emphasized that faith and science must be presented to young people in harmony with […]
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Muslims: Nuancing the Good and Bad
I just posted this on the Catholic Stand. About a month ago, during the Euro Cup, I was impressed reading a few pieces in the press about Mesut Özil, an extremely talented Muslim soccer player who often opens his palms in […]
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