Articles in 'Opinion'
The Point of the Lance
The Point of the Lance
By Kathleen Troost-Cramer
In a world gone one hundred percent off its proverbial rocker, the question arises: Should Christians condone armed resistance to ISIS and its ilk? Most timely for the United States is the “gun issue”, on which all contenders in the current election cycle are weighing in.
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Political Correctness Is Insanity In A World Threatened By Terrorists
Political Correctness Is Insanity In A World Threatened By Terrorists
By Ralph Zuranski
Political correctness is the ultimate example of insanity because you have to assume there is no right and wrong. It is sheer madness to believe that every person has the right to do whatever they want without any constraint or criticism.
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Holiday Miracle
Holiday Miracle
By Sue Hallett
Thirty years ago, I was a brand new social worker, serving frail elders. Our agency selected clients to receive one of our small community’s Christmas baskets. I was all excited. I loved the idea of bringing a beautiful basket of food and gifts to a few of my precious clients.
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Mary, Mary, I'm Contrary: How to Own Your Spiritual Mother
Mary, Mary, I'm Contrary: How to Own Your Spiritual Mother
By Gwen Evans
I know you are out there, but you are keeping your head down.You may be a convert to Catholicism, an under forty Catholic who just never “got it,”, or a victim of that Intimidating Perfection from the time you could hold the beads in your stubby little fingers. You are the Catholic who doesn’t “get” Mary. You feel a little ashamed, a little annoyed, and confounded as to what to do next.
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Evidence for the Existence of God from Experience, Part 10: Morality
Evidence for the Existence of God from Experience, Part 10: Morality
By Bob Hunt
As a human community, we experience that there are objective moral values. These moral values are not simply the values of individuals, or the social mores of a particular era or country. Rather, we understand these values to be objective, that is, they’re true regardless of time, place or the changing fads of various generations
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What Would Mary Do?
What Would Mary Do?
By Olivia Swyden
I hear our 14 month old daughter crying out from our bedroom... our bedroom. That's right. She sleeps in our bedroom and we love it. This is the 5th night of "weaning" my daughter from her mid-night feedings in an attempt to get more sleep... more sleep for me... for my husband... for my daughter. Although, she has no trouble catching up on sleep throughout the day. Is this the right thing to do?
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Seven things that might surprise you, about the Shroud of Turin
Seven things that might surprise you, about the Shroud of Turin
By De Maria
The Shroud of Turin is the cloth with which Jesus Christ was wrapped after the Crucifixion. Some people would say, the alleged cloth with which He was wrapped. But the matter has been proved to me beyond a shadow of a doubt. Why?
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Lessons from Mary to a Mother of Young Ones
Lessons from Mary to a Mother of Young Ones
By Amanda Knapp
It happened during the Communion song. I was kneeling in my pew with my two and four year old. My two year old was trying to climb over me so that she could reach the aisle and take off. Whenever I would stop her, she would screech like an angry pterodactyl.
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Hoh Rain Forest
Hoh Rain Forest
By Sue Hallett
Pacific storms return again and again to the western Olympic slopes building ancient forests into emerald eternity.
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Did Mary Have Labor Pains?: Why The Miracle of Christ's Birth Is Often Underestimated
Did Mary Have Labor Pains?: Why The Miracle of Christ's Birth Is Often Underestimated
By Nate Lauer
I have come to the realization that a majority of Christians underestimate just how magnificent, marvelous, and miraculous was the birth of Christ Jesus.
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Sharing the Moment
Sharing the Moment
By Malleson Emmerling
October 29, 2015 marked the 3rd anniversary of my breast cancer diagnosis. This is the story of the morning I was diagnosed. It was a Monday morning as I sat alone in my van in a hospital parking lot. I was in a trance. I reached for my phone to call my mother and tell her the news of my cancer diagnosis. She would no doubt understand this feeling because she had cancer too.
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In Times of Plenty, Beware the Golden Calf
In Times of Plenty, Beware the Golden Calf
By Dean P. Johnson
Often times we are so focused on the present moment that we can fail to see the bigger picture. I often like to step back and take a look at my spiritual journey to see not only how far I have come, but to look at how many diversions, detours, and dalliances I have taken.
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Evidence for the Existence of God from Experience, Part 9: Truth
Evidence for the Existence of God from Experience, Part 9: Truth
By Bob Hunt
In his dialogue De libero arbitrio (Free Choice), completed in 395, St. Augustine of Hippo proposes a proof for the existence of God based on our experience of truth.
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Don't Ask Me to Change!!
Don't Ask Me to Change!!
By Elizabeth Thomas
There have been three themes for some blogs that have been placed within my heart—but had not yet been put to paper. Tonight, I see now why this was so, as I received the connecting words read from a book-”God's Words Heals” by Derek Prince. He was speaking about the parable found in Luke 5:36 where no one puts a piece from a new garment on an old one, lest it tear.
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Romans 4 and the Sacraments
Romans 4 and the Sacraments
By De Maria
I was pleasantly surprised that there was so much interest in the difference between how Catholics and Protestants understand Romans 10. That being the case, I’d like to highlight where Catholics and Protestants differ on the understanding of Romans 4. This chapter contains several quotes which Protestants also use to support faith alone.
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The Eucharist...
The Eucharist...
By George Calleja
The Eucharist, oh, what a living experience it is, Knowing of receiving Jesus, Knowing of being Jesus.
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The Graceful Lady
The Graceful Lady
By Victor S E Moubarak
For the last three Sundays Father Ignatius noticed a new member of his congregation attending Mass and always sitting in the same place on the left of the Altar. She was an elegantly dressed lady in her mid to late fifties. She took part in silent prayer throughout Mass and never came forward for Communion.
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