Doubt versus Defiance: Remaining Faithful while Grappling with Catholic Church Teachings
You can remain faithful to the Catholic Church as you seek to better understand Catholic Church teachings you don’t understand or disagree with.
Lent 2017: 20 Answers Challenge
Serving God as an Engineer
We are blessed with an abundance of resources on how to live out our Vocations (married life, religious life, consecrated single life), and there are clear landmarks along the path towards Sainthood though the paths may look very different. I think it is a little more challenging to see the connections between serving God and …
When non-Christians show logical inconsistencies when it comes to applying Scripture, how can we respond?
I’m usually very hesitant to share Matt Walsh’s posts because he tends to express his thoughts in a way that isn’t always the kindest (and can be divisive). Recently, however, he wrote an article that caught my eye. It discussed immigration and if Christians are supposed to be opposed. While I don’t agree with his …
So You Think You’re a Bad Catholic
We all know Satan is a liar, and we know the more we strive to live like Christ, the more Satan will try to attack us. Consequently, one of the more dangerous lies Satan tells us is that we are a bad Catholic.
Loving God when You’re Chronically Ill
I think one of the biggest challenges in maintaining faith in God is the existence of suffering. While the Church has some great things to say about suffering and you may be able to recognize logically that the existence of suffering, for example, a chronic illness, doesn’t mean God isn’t there, it can be hard …
Chicago March for Life 2017
What would compel someone to take an eight hour round trip on a bus to spend two hours outside in a Chicago winter to walk only a couple of blocks? The answer: to defend life at every stage in a culture that actively dehumanizes several vulnerable populations and denies the right of life to many. …
Can You Be a Catholic and a Feminist?
Can you be both faithful to the Catholic Church and be a feminist?
If you look at the literal meaning of feminism, then the answer is emphatically yes, but when you look at the modern feminist movement, that confident “yes” turns into a blur of uncertainty and conflicting perspectives.