Death to Hollywood
Ever found yourself glancing over your left shoulder when you’re about to do something a little ignoble? Ever felt that your late Aunt Ethel just might see you and not approve? Here’s a little secret that only a few insiders…
Priestly Matrimony
The camera zooms in on his face; sweat drips from his brow, his hands tremble as he yanks at the white collar around his neck. It’s just another television show on one of those no-annoying-commercials TV stations in which a…
January Make-Over
The presents are unwrapped, the decorations are put away and the endless parade of cookies, cakes and pies have been gobbled up. It’s the start of another new year. New outfits to wear, new diets to try, and new resolutions…
Glory to God in the Highest
When someone makes a colossal mistake, they do not usually expect that anything good can possibly come of it. However, it seems that God specializes in getting man out of the soup so to speak. At the very point of…
Take Care of Your Kids
I always wanted to be a teacher. Somehow it seems that I managed to get side-tracked and ended up doing something else. However, I must admit that when I hear some of the stories these days about our schools, I’m…
I Don’t Care What You Think!
All right then, if you really want to know the truth, “I don’t care what you think!” It doesn’t seem to matter what the subject is, everyone’s got an opinion. Most conversations that one gets drawn into generally end in…
Save the Principles
“Does he know what he just said? Was there any basis for that statement?” Phrases that have inhabited my mouth far too frequently in our times. The impetus of the day (a’ la Nike) seems to be “Just Do It!”…
You Mean I Have to Work?
Time and time again, I hear people get surprised, bothered, even irritated at the thought that the things of God should require work. Almost everyone thinks that anything even remotely connected with God or the Bible should come very easily…
Follow Your Heart?
If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard this phrase used, I think I could probably open a bank by now. I’ve read it in the papers, in books, heard it in conversation, on the television and on…
Break the Rabbit Habit
One day last week I found myself in a mall staring at what probably is one of the largest rabbits in the city (no, this was not a dream). Surely, I thought that this is a display for the local…