Where Are We on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and How Did We Get Here?

On March 9, 2009, President Obama gave a speech explaining why he will change the federal government’s policy regarding federal funding of Human Embryonic Stem Cell (HESC) Research that was instituted by President Bush in 2001. In his speech, Mr.… Read More

Removing the Barriers to Encountering the Living God

Preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching — 2 Timothy 4:2.
The Call to Remove Barriers
In his recent visit to the USA, Pope Benedict… Read More

Why Do We Call It “The Passion?”

I grew up among Jehovah's Witnesses and we never referred to Jesus' death as the "Lord's Passion."  I can remember hearing the parents of my Christian friends talk about attending a "Passion Play" in Eureka Springs, Arkansas and wondering what… Read More

Preparing Catholics to Defend the Church

Imagine you had a friend who had just recently read a fictional account of your own mother’s life. In this book, your mother is portrayed as a liar and ultimately a murderer. Your friend says to you, “You ought to… Read More

The Church of the Authentic Back Room

Growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness we knew what it meant to be called into the back room by the elders of the congregation. It meant we had done something wrong and the elders were going to let us know… Read More

Is God’s Word Enough for Us?

Zechariah Catholics
I do not know about you, but I have to confess that there are times that I am a lot more like Zechariah than the Blessed Mother. This is nothing new. The nation of Israel constantly wanted signs… Read More

We Need Faithful and Well-Formed MOMs

Here a LEM, There a LEM
In any case, the reality is that a bishop can designate any layperson that serves the Church in some capacity as a LEM. The pattern seems to be that most bishops designate laypersons who… Read More

The Folly of the Cross

Well, Jesus has heard all of this, too. Remember the rich young ruler who asked Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life (cf. Mt 19:16-22)? Jesus told him to keep the commandments. The man said what many of… Read More

When Finding the Truth Means Losing a Lot

It was not that long ago when I came home one day and told my wife, Kathy, that I had fallen in love with another woman. What had begun as a mere flirtation had finally blossomed into an outright love… Read More

Glorify God in Your Body

I was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness, and when I would go from door to door Christians would tell me about being filled with the Holy Spirit. I did not really understand what they were talking about.
You see, as… Read More

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