Just What Was It About Bob?
On April 27th, Robert “Bob” Bulger passed away quietly at the age of 42, surrounded by his close family members. One of seven siblings, he graduated from Westville High School Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: religion
Your Father, My Father, Our Father
“Our Father, Who Art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name…” One of the most challenging aspects of faith is coming to understand who God really is, not who we want Continue Reading →
Learning from Struggles
“The greatest battles we fight are the ones within us.” Recently, I attended a Global Leadership Summit, where I heard Erwin McManus, cancer survivor and author of a recent book, Continue Reading →
Why Jesus Provided What God Could Not
Ever since I was a little kid, I have heard hundreds upon maybe into the thousands of homilies and talks that discussed why Jesus came to live, die, and be Continue Reading →
God as an Authoritative Parent, and Why Our World Needs Him in This Way
Recently, I published an article which posited that to more fully understand God the Father, we must also come to understand what it means to be a dad on Earth. Continue Reading →
Attention to Him
“…and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:20 Mass had just ended, and I stepped into the narthex. I was quickly approached Continue Reading →
All in the Name of Freedom
The earliest people in the Great Flood. Egyptians in the Red Sea. The residents of Sodom and Gomorrah. The firstborn in Egypt. Israelites in multiple plagues. Amorites in a hailstorm. Continue Reading →
The Failure of Free Will in Men
We are all sinners, sons of a merciful God. But to step back and consider the current state of men — the so-called “stronger sex” — in this country and Continue Reading →
Catholic Beliefs & Self-Sacrifice
Have you ever noticed that there is a simple predictor of just which beliefs and practices we as Catholics will embrace? To explain what I mean, let us first consider Continue Reading →
The Church Teaches; Science Reveals; Society Says
Most of us find that in our daily lives, either as a professional, a parent, or simply as a person, our beliefs are constantly challenged in different ways. Growing up Continue Reading →