How public are you about your faith? Would you make the Sign of the Cross and bless your meal in a restaurant? Would you talk openly to business acquaintances about being Catholic? What do you think would happen if you did?

Are you sick of watching the news?  Tired of reading the paper?  Is the Drudge Report making you depressed?  It is difficult to get through the day without feeling overwhelmed by the onslaught of bad news on the economy, the…

Our family recently enjoyed a weekend visit from my 71-year-old father.  This has been a tough year for all of us, especially my father, as my mother passed away in February after a long illness.  My parents were married for…

It is not a great time to be a recent college graduate in today’s job market.  As tough as it has been for more experienced workers, these young adults have had a much more difficult time finding full-time employment related…

I gave a talk Sunday morning to the men’s club of a large Atlanta Methodist church at the request of an old friend.  When he asked me to speak to this group several months ago, I responded with a question…

I wrote the first version of this article well over a year ago. Much has changed in the world of social networking with the explosive growth of Twitter and Facebook and it is clear that how we build personal and…

I have been leading people since I was a 16-year-old in high school working at a restaurant in the town where I grew up. Leadership has always been a passion for me and after years of study, reading dozens of…

This past weekend St. Peter Chanel Church, in Roswell, Georgia hosted the 1st Annual Atlanta Catholic Business Conference. The Saturday half-day conference drew over 160 Catholic professionals and business people to hear acclaimed national speakers and authors Dr. Michael Naughton,…

My children are a constant source of wisdom and clarity for me. Our sons are 8 and 11 and keenly interested in what’s going on in the world. We share openly and candidly the current state of politics, the economy…

I would like to invite you to a very special seminar on Saturday, February 28th from 10:00 am-3:00 pm at St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church in Roswell.  The St. Peter Chanel Business Association and the Aquinas Center of Theology at…