The Catholic Church has just gone through the ritual of burying one pope and electing a new pontiff. Sometimes there has been mystery and some drama to it. On other occasions, we have witnessed immediate...
Growing up, I remember having a keen interest in real estate shows. These many years later, I think they interested me because as the hosts moved from town-to-town, neighborhood-to-neighborhood, and house-to...
The Catholic Church has just gone through the ritual of burying one pope and electing a new pontiff. Sometimes there has been mystery and some drama to it. On other occasions, we have witnessed immediate...
Growing up, I remember having a keen interest in real estate shows. These many years later, I think they interested me because as the hosts moved from town-to-town, neighborhood-to-neighborhood, and house-to...
The Catholic Church has just gone through the ritual of burying one pope and electing a new pontiff. Sometimes there has been mystery and some drama to it. On other occasions, we have witnessed immediate...
Growing up, I remember having a keen interest in real estate shows. These many years later, I think they interested me because as the hosts moved from town-to-town, neighborhood-to-neighborhood, and house-to...
Democratic New York Governor Alfred Smith was the very first Catholic to run for president, having secured his party’s nomination in 1928. Despite losing to Republican Herbert Hoover, Smith won the largest metropolitan...
When I give conferences and lead retreats in my line of work, I look for the right thoughts that will give people something worthwhile to consider. As Lent begins I want to offer some insights I have gleaned from my ten...
There is a story of a farmer who lost his watch in his barn. As it had sentimental value, he searched high-and-low among the bales of hay. Eventually, however, he gave up and decided to enlist the help of a group of...
In life, for something to be truly worthwhile, it has to fulfill its goal. If that does not occur then its existence is put to question. Even you and I were created to fulfil our purpose. What is our aim? Why do we...
Usually, it is kids who do exactly the opposite of what they are told to do. They must do it out of spite, I guess, and it is unnerving and frustrating their parents and teachers. However, if it is adults who act out of...
In Eleanor H. Porter’s 1913 novel, an orphan named Pollyanna takes center stage. With an unjustifiably optimistic attitude, this young lady’s name has come to describe a certain type of individual; namely...
Three millennia ago, an astounding physical conflict took place in the Middle East. A giant Philistine named Goliath challenged a young Israel shepherd boy named David to battle. Goliath stood 9 feet 9 inches tall and...
If every time a man went to pick up his dry cleaning the dry cleaner spit on him, I suspect that man would find a different place to clean his shirts. So why do conservatives, especially Christian conservatives, keep...
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