The Cross = a Broken Heart?
Today, the Church celebrates Good Friday. It seems odd to me to call the day Jesus suffered, died, and was buried “good.” Because…
Lessons From Star Wars: The Stony Heart
“…show that you are a letter of Christ, prepared by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God,…
What does it mean to be free?
Because I spend a lot of time trying explain my faith to teenagers, many of them have no problem turning around and asking…
Man up!
As a certifiable Trekkie (I have attended three Star Trek conventions and once forced my wife to make a stop in Vulcan, AB,…
“Hating the Sin” (but never a person!)
At the end of confession, the priest usually invites me to pray an act of contrition – a prayer saying that I’m sorry…
Lessons from Summer Camp
In May of 1997, to try and spend more time with a girl I liked, I signed up to be a counselor at…
Why does God let us suffer so much?
A baby eagle is safe in its nest: warm, well-fed, and knows that it is loved. There’s a legend about how baby eagles…
I Still Love My Ex-Girlfriend
I have a confession to make: I still love my ex-girlfriend. To be perfectly honest, I still love all of them- and I…
Love and Chastity
This is Derek Redmond, one of Great Britain’s greatest Olympic runners. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, Derek snapped his hamstring…
The Greatest Rescue Mission of All Time
When Frozen came out last winter, I was a little late to get to see it (I didn’t actually watch the movie all…