When Not to Suffer in Silence

The other day my two eldest girls had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad fight.  It was awful.  The kind of fight that makes you wonder what kind of derelict mother is raising them and/or pray that they have… Read More

Compliments – A Blessing or a Burden?

Have you ever received a compliment that didn’t sound like one or one that caused you to swell with pride so much you thought you would explode and yet you acted unaffected? All humans love positive affirmation even those of… Read More

After You’ve Blown It

Beads of sweat started rolling down my forehead as I headed to baggage claim, rummaging through my briefcase for the conference material—the same conference that was advertising Yours Truly as a key speaker. My heart dropped into my shoes. I had missed the conference by a day.

Unauthorized

When good or evil do not rest in objective norms, then whoever is the most powerful decides what can and cannot be done. Freedom disappears in the name of freedom from objective norms. We are reduced to slavery beneath the boot of the tyrant and his majority, beneath the unfettered whim of his disordered will.

The Blessing of Mediocrity

Thank God for the mediocre priests. 
Praise Him for the lukewarm and wishy-washy Church leaders.
Bless Him for the days of half-hearted adherence to Church teaching and the post-conciliar years of the infallible self.
And I mean that from the… Read More

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