Jealousy. It’s been affecting human kind since the fall, the prime example of which involved two boys and a rock. It is so normalized in our society that we don’t just get jealous of others, we seem to get jealous for others. Just recently I became involved in aContinue Reading
The world is a place where it is very difficult to remain chaste. From the way many dress, the way we speak, to the advertisements that appear on a computer, the human heart is inundated with opportunities for an impure glance or thought. Pornography is just a click away andContinue Reading
Jealousy and gossip have a way of poisoning the mind and making things seem different than they might actually be. Years ago I was working for a company that had several employees who were just never happy. Every time I was around them they would complain and gossipContinue Reading
Justice. It’s a word we throw around quite a bit. By it we often mean simply fair. If other people can do it, so should we be able to. If it hurts someone else we should not be allowed. So on and so forth. It hasContinue Reading
Recently I was reading an article on an evangelical website about a street preacher in Bristol, England who had been arrested for ‘preaching the Gospel.’ Eventually there was a trial and he was forbidden to go back to the same place and spread the word. That’s alarming. Continue Reading
I’ve spent the week working with a group that serves those people in our community who have intellectual disabilities and many who do not speak using standard verbal communications. It’s been a very powerful exercise in both my understanding, my willingness to change, and my need to get outContinue Reading
A reflection on the book “Called to Communion” by Pope Benedict the XVI. In a recent bible study we were discussing Blessed John Henry Newman and his writings on the philosophical concepts of assent and certitude. During that conversation we had a real life demonstration of what those mean asContinue Reading