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The And Campaign offers a whole life approach

Say they: Christians, don’t settle for the conservative or progressive narrative about abortion. Watch these women speak the truth in love (&) present a #NewNarrative that’s #ProWomen (&) #ProChild. The AND Campaign – Heart of the Matter from Kraven Photography on Vimeo. Smart prolifers know that until the prolife movement stops lying to itself that […]

A friend writes from New Zealand

concerning the cultural changes he is seeing there: Yesterday, our Parliament passed a euthanasia bill – unsurprising, given the response to the first and second readings.  I said to my wife this morning that I didn’t consider it a very big deal, in a way.  It is unfortunate, yes.  The law is a teacher.  We […]

Unto Us Child is Born

Here’s a little piece I wrote long ago in celebration of both Advent and the birth of our oldest son, Luke. Happy birthday, son! Every December 1, my mind fleets back to 1986 and to a small bedroom in a small apartment in Seattle. My wife, Janet, and I had just opened the first window […]

One of the Marks of the Diabolical…

…is its perpetual penchant for making simple things complex and complex things simplistic: The Cult of Trump is still certain that Pizzagate is definitely a Real Thing that only their massive brains have teased out of the tangle of Deep State smoke and mirrors. But, Dunning-Kruger champs that they are, they cannot see their noses […]

The Catholic Church Made You WEIRD

…and that’s a good thing: People in the West are psychologically unlike the rest of the world. Global studies find that Western Europeans and their descendents tend to be more individualistic, less conformist, and more trusting of strangers. But why? New research posits that the medieval Catholic Church, and its emphasis on monogamous marriage and the […]

The Mayflower Compact is Good Reading for Thanksgiving

In ye name of God Amen· We whose names are vnderwriten, the loyall subjects of our dread soueraigne Lord King James by ye grace of God, of great Britaine, franc, & Ireland king, defender of ye faith, &c Haueing vndertaken, for ye glorie of God, and aduancemente of ye christian ^faith and honour of our […]

Hard Core Traditionalist Eric Giunta Rebuts the “Pachamama” Nonsense One Last Time

Giunta is no fan of Pope Francis by any stretch.  But he is honest and he recognizes a Right Wing Lie Machine Panic du Jour from the congenitally dishonest Lifesite News when he sees it.  He writes: Undeterred by historical and anthropological fact, logical reasoning, sound theology, or basic human decency and the demands of […]

Today’s chance to do a work of mercy

A reader writes: I would like to ask for your prayers for Abner, a boy in 8th grade, who has been diagnosed with leukemia. Please pray for Abner’s complete cure, minimal side effects from treatment, and restored regulation of his glucose. For his mother, Tsega and father Michael, for infinite strength and confidence in the […]

The GOP is now the Party of Post-Modernist Deconstruction of Language

It has really been astonishing to me, who 20 years ago assumed (and was taught by conservatives to expect) that it was just a matter of time till the Damn Libruls finally carried the day and drained language of all meaning.  Over and over I was warned (and warned others) that conservatives–and especially Catholic ones–were […]

Our chance to do a work of mercy

A reader writes: I am a little hesitant to ask you to use your bully pulpit, but I am feeling a little desperate. I have a friend who has metastatic cancer who is facing imminent homelessness. He just had reconstructive surgery after having his jaw removed and is currently in radiation treatment for a second […]