Catholic charities
This is No. 5 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. I remember when I had just left the Catholic Church, my dear, very devoted Catholic father telling me that… Continue reading
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The one, true church
This is reason No. 4 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. It’s Sunday, and all over the world Christians of every denomination and none are gathering together to worship… Continue reading
Bread or body, wine or blood?
This is reason No. 3 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. When I was in second grade, I made my First Communion, just like all Catholic kids do. It… Continue reading
The sacrifice of the Mass
This is reason No. 2 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. I remember the last time I attended Mass as a Catholic. I didn’t get there early enough (yeah…I… Continue reading
Mary, Mother of God
This is reason No. 1 in my series “30 reasons why I left Rome.” Please read my introduction and explanation here. Far and away, for me and many other ex-Catholics, one of the… Continue reading
30 reasons why I left Rome
Never been there. Rome, that is. Someday I hope to visit the Eternal City, the site of so very much of historical import. But, I’ve never even been off the continent. North America,… Continue reading
Living without fear
It’s a jungle out there. Life is positively Amazonian . . . a winding, never-ending thicket of dangerous possibilities. Terrorist attacks, neighborhood crime, vehicular accidents, deadly germs, medical mistakes. It’s enough to keep… Continue reading
There will be justice
As we hear of innocent children being beheaded, their mothers raped, their fathers slaughtered mercilessly, we may question the whereabouts of this almighty, loving God Christians talk about. Is his arm too short… Continue reading
Truth is an elephant
A stand for truth is becoming increasingly rare in today’s relativistic society, where your truth doesn’t have to be my truth and everything can be true, which of course means nothing is. A… Continue reading
Do Christians consume Christ?
…where I seek to provide some food for thought from Jesus’ Bread of Life discourse in John 6. Are Christians cannibals? Some curious first-century onlookers thought so. The word was going around that… Continue reading
The hiddenness of God
Hey. Did you miss me? Sometimes I long for my elementary school days when summertime was all about sleeping in and having fun. Summer is a busy season for me now. But enough… Continue reading
Hope for the hater
What is hatred? Is it similar to darkness being the absence of light, and cold the absence of heat? Is hatred just the absence of love? I’m sure I’ve been accused of hatred… Continue reading
Inconsistency is not insincerity
So yesterday Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the Democrats in Washington are “going to do something about the Hobby Lobby legislation.” (Which, of course, wasn’t legislation but a Supreme Court ruling.) Does… Continue reading
It’s (past) time to have a national conversation about faith, truth, and eternity
I want to talk about Islam. I acknowledge but don’t want to discuss the presence in this country and others of peaceful, law-abiding Muslims. They do exist, I know. But the more important… Continue reading
Do we have a better word?
I was 31 years old before I ever cracked open a Bible, even though I was raised in a Christian denomination that professed it to be the inspired Word of God. But until… Continue reading