One way to convert the culture of death into the culture of life is to understand the damage that can be done with the use of dehumanizing verbiage in debates ranging from embryonic stem cell research to assisted suicide.
Monthly Archives: May 2016
Black Prof: I Face More Discrimination as a Christian
A black scholar from the University of North Texas wrote a hard-hitting op-ed in which he blows the whistle on anti-Christian bigotry in academia and claims he is more likely to be discriminated against because of his faith than his color.
Feast of the Visitation of Mary
“Blessed is she who trusted that the
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Hope Of All Hopes
“Hope always draws the mind from
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Perfect Peace
“I found Him when I took leave of all
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Water-Logged
“God is closer to us than water is to
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Quantum Woo
CF writes: “There is a new book using quantum physics by Dr. Laura Berman. It is called Quantum Love and its sound suspicious to me. Is ‘quantum science’ a real science? Dr. Berman talks alot about science proving ‘energy fields’ now. Really? Her book is how your mate can ‘feel’ your negative or positive energy. I thought that was called paying attention!”
Students Defy Atheists at Graduation Ceremony
East Liverpool High School
The class of 2016 at East Liverpool High School in Ohio was not about to let an atheist activist group to ruin their graduation and decided to take matters into their own hands.
New Bill Aimed at Stopping Bathroom Madness
Congressman Luke Messer (R-IN) introduced a bill that will protect states’ rights to form their own “bathroom bills” and prohibit the federal government from penalizing any school that does not follow its recently issued “guidance”.
A Mom on Mount Carmel
I took a fascinating online class on the nature of Mystical Theology in the Church this Spring. What precious time I could carve out from my busy life as a mom six, I spent delving into the works of St. John of the Cross and meeting a new friend, a little Carmelite mystic named Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, often called a “spiritual sister” to St. Therese, the Little Flower. Late at night, huddled on the couch while the household slept, I read about the ascent of Mount Carmel, the famous allegory used by St. John of the Cross to describe the spiritual life, the journey of the soul’s toward union with God.
Our professor asked us to write our final paper on our own journey on this mystical mountain. He challenged us to reflect on how we could embrace the self-renunciation necessary to climb closer to the summit. After a few days of mulling this over mounds of laundry and miles of carpooling, here is what I came up with:
