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 →
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A Year of Fasting
On Ash Wednesday, March 6, 2019, I began a fasting process in which once a week, I would fast from all but water from one meal on a particular day 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 Self-Control Expenditure
A 4-year-old girl stares at the marshmallow. It looks really good. But the man who is in charge told her that if she waits until he returns, she can have Continue Reading →
The Most Important Skill Parents Can Teach
A four year old boy sits alone at the table. On it sits a large marshmallow. Minutes earlier, the experimenter told the boy that he had to leave the room. Continue Reading →
Having It All Without Having It All: Five Part Series on Self-Control
Having It All Without Having it All, Part I: The Remarkable Science behind Self-Control. In the early 1960’s, Walter Mischel and his colleagues began with a simple idea. They developed Continue Reading →
America the Beautiful: Reconsidering the American Dream
Every so often I hear a song that I have heard countless times before only to suddenly realize that the familiar words have new meaning. It happened the other day Continue Reading →