As Christians around the world observe the feast of the Epiphany, we recall the day that the Magi, following a star by faith, arrived in Bethlehem to honor the newborn Savior. This year, however, I find myself reflecting more on their return journey, specifically the wisdom that lead them to go back a different way… Read More The Wise Men Went Another Way and So Must We to Protect Creation
Catholics are once again the swing vote that has decided who will be the next President of the United States. Donald Trump has won voters who self-identify as Catholic 52% to 45%, reversing President Obama’s 2012 win. Among Catholics, Trump outperformed numerous past Republican presidential candidates. Catholic voters in America have given Donald Trump both… Read More Donald Trump is Now the Standard-Bearer of the Pro-Life Movement. We Should be Ashamed.
Lies we tell ourselves, when recognized as lies, tend to leave us feeling shocked or emotionally raw. I thought it was not possible for Donald Trump to be elected president, and in the shock that steadily mounted from 5 p.m. Tuesday to 2:30 Wednesday morning, I was forced to recognize that belief as not only… Read More Life after the Election: The Jubilee Year of Mercy was Just Practice
Last Tuesday evening, I sat down with a heaping plate full of Chinese food, surrounded by some of my closest friends, ready to watch history be made. Amid the hopeful excitement, a brief thought entered my mind: “What if this doesn’t turn out how I think it will?” As the evening continued and Donald Trump… Read More Politics Alone Won’t Save Us. Let’s Get to Work.
It was a beautiful day. Too nice, if you ask me, for early November in the upper Midwest, but nice nonetheless. US Highway 52 winds north along the west side of the Mississippi River, crisscrossing northeastern Iowa’s rolling hills and the driftless region of southeastern Minnesota. It was the deer opener, so there were plenty… Read More Catholics Down the Road, But a World Apart
A few days ago, I watched a video that I found, perhaps surprisingly, very disturbing. There was no bloodshed–no violence of any kind–nor was anyone verbally abused. No animals, even, were harmed in the making of it. In fact, the video was meant to be humorous. It was a Triumph the Insult Comedy Dog special,… Read More Donald Trump’s Supporters and the Banality of Evil
Last Tuesday at the RNC, the Daily Beast reported that former University of Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz went on an anti-immigrant tirade. In his speech, Holtz lamented the “invasion” of immigrants into the United States, harped on the differences between the immigrant “you” and the American “me”, and demanded immigrants attempt to better… Read More Hey Coach, Immigrants Made America Great
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