The Bible tells us that God created humans in his “image and likeness.” What does that mean exactly? Let’s first consider the nature of God. To begin with He is pure spirit. He is also all powerful, all knowing, all wise, all loving, and all...
A biological male wins the Miss Netherlands title. Whistle-blowers are maligned for reporting crimes. An employer fires his employee for stopping shoplifters. With stories like this filling today’s news, it’s hardly surprising that people become...
I recall an interesting anecdote that speaks volumes about the workings of the human mind. Henry was driving on a dark country road late at night far from home. All of a sudden, one of his tires went flat. He pulled over, opened the trunk, and saw...
Consequences are a central and inescapable feature of life. Some are good, some bad. The good ones improve us and the world around us; the bad ones harm both. We have the power to influence consequences to some degree. We cannot, of course, undo...
For years the news has filled with reports of behaviors by people in influential positions that make the rest of us scratch our heads and say, “What in the world were they thinking?” In some cases, they explain their thought processes, but often as...
If the acronym puzzles you, take heart. You are not alone. Anyone born between the 1930s and the 1970s, in some cases later, likely feels the same way. I hasten to add it is not because you or they are LGBTQITA+phobic, if such a condition exists. It...
Sacramento Bishop Jaime Soto recently published an essay titled “Migrants Are Not Fodder for Political Propaganda” in the Jesuit magazine America. The argument was as misleading as the title. The Bishop began by explaining that...
Several decades ago the word “guilt” fell out of use, as did its companions “remorse” and “repentance.” All three words, and others like them, were no longer considered meaningful. The change was not sudden but gradual, the result of a different...
