My life as a follower of Jesus really crescendoed a few years ago while in college, specifically while I was a part of the enlivening Wesley Foundation at Florida State University. As a precursor to becoming Catholic, this Methodist campus ministry cemented my devotion to God, teaching me not only what it means to be …
One of the “best kept secrets” of the Catholic Church is its brilliant collection of social teachings. This collection includes teachings on all issues of social justice–poverty, labor abuses, care for the creation, issues of human life, and much more. Far from being something new, Catholic social teaching has been compiled over the centuries, from …
As a 23-year old recent convert to Catholicism, something that has naturally held my interest for some time has been the religiosity of others in my own generation. There have been many books published in recent years discussing the overall decline in religious commitment among my fellow 20-and-30-somethings, yet a steadiness in the practice of …
According to a new report put out by “The Witherspoon Institue”, roughly 40 million people in the world have spent an estimated $96 billion on this drug worldwide since 1996. This insidious drug is pornography. The report, titled “The Social Costs of Pornography”, was signed by more than 50 scholars representing a wide array of …
Here is the Rob Bell video on Resurrection I mentioned below. He doesn’t cover all the traditional facets about what the Resurrection means (including the conquer of death and our freedom from Hell), but what he does offer he offers with artistic beauty. Rob once said that “the Church has nothing to say to the …
