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The Satanism of Greed

Remember, your spiritual life probably has more to do with your checkbook than your prayer book. Don’t forget the mortal sin of greed when you’re thinking about your walk with God. Here is my latest article for Aleteia — a discussion of why Pope Francis seems to be downplaying the “below the belt” sins and [Read More...]

Beauty and Poverty

What is the truly Catholic version of poverty? What is the truly Catholic version of beauty? Here’s a dilemma: my parish is in the worst socio economic area of our town. Across the street from our campus is a crappy old motel which was built along I-85 probably forty years ago. It’s a notorious flophouse. [Read More...]

Stick ‘em Up!

Here’s what I’m trying to do on my radio show–More Christianity–show what More Christianity–the fullness of the Christian faith in the Catholic Church looks like. It seemed to me that apologetics phone in radio shows, while very worthy, are often repetitious. We need them, but we can use something else. So my format is very [Read More...]

Was C.S.Lewis Close to Becoming Catholic?

As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of the death of C.S.Lewis be prepared for a slew of articles on the famous writer. The author of this article claims that Walter Hooper–C.S.Lewis secretary (who is now a Catholic himself) believes Lewis was on the way to the Catholic faith.  while Lewis never completed the journey from Anglican [Read More...]

Grit or Glitz?

I found myself in a foul mood today because some of the glittering successful people snubbed me. I was in their world, but I walked out on it, so they erased me from their history. OK. I deserved it, but it got me thinking about the strange games we play in the world of religion. [Read More...]

Stick ‘em Up

OK, pardners, it’s time for the annual Stick ‘em Up Campaign. Now let me tell you about the good padre here. It times past he used to ask y’all for money for his own use. He was spendin’ time bloggin’ and writin’ and there weren’t no ads on his blog and it looked real purdy, [Read More...]

Converted by Beauty – A True Story

Here is a true story from a convert to Catholicism. We’ll call him Tom. Names and places have been changed… Dear Fr Longenecker, When I came to Greenville my life was a mess. My marriage had just broken down. I wound up in your town. I was brought up in a country Pentecostal holiness church. [Read More...]

Stick ‘em Up Campaign

Every November since I started this blog I have had a “Stick ‘em Up” campaign. For one week I ask readers for donations through the “Donate” button in my sidebar. However, now that I am at Patheos and my readers have to put up with ads, and the ads actually bring in revenue and Patheos [Read More...]

Everybody’s Talking About…

…Pope Francis. The Huffington Post reports that some sort of global snooping agency has it that Pope Francis is the most talked about man on the planet. They gather up the words written and posted on the internet and he comes out tops. The only thing that worries me about this is that verse from [Read More...]

Loadsa Money!

So you buy this desk on Craigslist for a couple of hundred bucks and you have to take it apart to get it through the door of your apartment and you find $98,000.00 stashed behind one of the drawers. What do you do? Here’s the true story of an honest young rabbi who returned the [Read More...]