“Dad, Shouldn’t We Stop?” July 9, 2025 A father and his family were heading home from church on a lonely highway when they passed a car with… Read more
Sticks and Stones! July 8, 2025 The person who first said “Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me” either lived… Read more
Words of Pope Francis! July 7, 2025 After the disaster of the Second World War, from the start of my papacy there has been the clearest evidence… Read more
I Want the Last Word! July 6, 2025 One day a little girl asked her mommy if all fairy tales begin with, “Once upon a time?” “No,” her… Read more
My Message to the Class of 2025 July 5, 2025 My Message to the Class of 2025 Clary Doyle was the undergraduate student speaker at Northwestern University’s 2025 commencement on… Read more
Happy Fourth of July! July 4, 2025 THE FIREWORKS BLAZE On this 4th of July, the fireworks blaze,Yet shadows of doubt obscure the haze.A nation divided, in… Read more
Why America Is So Great! July 3, 2025 One day a historian from the United States asked a former president of Argentina why South America with all of… Read more
Every Inch of This Land Is Blessed! July 2, 2025 Every inch of this land is blessed, From sea to sea, from east to west. Together, let us build and strive, To keep… Read more
“Everyone!!!” July 1, 2025 “Everyone, everyone, everyone,” was a phrase often used by Pope Francis. The Pope kept calling for inclusion and acceptance of… Read more
Prejudice and the Need to Be Right! June 30, 2025 Some early studies about racial prejudice showed that we’re quite capable of reordering our perceptions of the world around us in order… Read more
Who Do You Say I Am? June 29, 2025 Who do you say that I am? Wherever we turn in life we are faced with the implications of this… Read more
The Shape of True Love! June 28, 2025 At the time of the assassination of Mahatma Ghandi, the playwright, George Bernard Shaw said, “This shows how dangerous it… Read more
