I don’t like to fail. I don’t like to fall. I’m embarrassed when I stumble and blush when I put my foot in my mouth (which happens more than I like to admit). As much as I don’t like to…

For years the slogan “Friends Don’t Let Friends Drink and Drive” has been the salient reminder of the dangers of driving under the influence.
This saying has become a part of our culture, embedded into our collective consciousness as a…

On May 21st, many of us were deeply saddened to hear of the accidental death of seven-year-old Maria Chapman, daughter of well-known Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman. My wife and I live just outside of Nashville and it seems that…

Last month I ran my first 1/2 marathon. For those of you who don’t track such things, a half-marathon is 13.1 miles and it was  the farthest that I have ever run. I started training in the cold of January,…

“And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God” Colossians 1:10
Our boys are…

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us" (Hebrews 12:1).  As the lector read that line I thought about the influence of the saints in my conversion to the Catholic Church.

It wasn't a direct influence mind you.  I didn't hear the voice of Bede or see visions of Padre Pio, but during my investigation of the Catholic Church I began to appreciate how the Church had produced these most powerful witnesses of the faith. 

Sensing and answering the call to convert to Catholicism is a tremendous decision on many levels.  It can be one of the most freeing, elating, and exciting events in one's life.  After perhaps years of struggle, many nights of worry; after wrestling…

Driving through Atlanta over the holidays, I commented to my wife about the multiple "dating" service billboards.  Within just a few minutes of driving we saw three different billboards offering their services to help you find that "special someone".  Each…

Every year at my house the same old routine begins.  Not long after Thanksgiving, we begin itching to "get into the Christmas spirit."  We make the family trip to buy a Christmas tree.  This circus-like event usually involves my wife Sheryl…

One of the most difficult things in this culture is simply to be.  We are so focused on going, doing, fixing, buying, correcting, seeking, and pursuing.  I am guilty of this in so many ways.  There are days that seem…