Casinos: the New Cathedrals
I first went to a casino when I was visiting Detroit on a speaking engagement. A guy named Bob was my host.
Conspiracy Theories and Gossip
It's easy to dismiss conspiracy theorists as your crazy uncle. You know... listen to them rattling on about false flags, fake moon
Film Noir, Monks of Norcia, Mushy Mercy and I Scream Therefore I AM
Four articles are uploaded to the Archived Articles section of the blog. These articles were written for various website, magazines and papers
Benedictines —They’ll Be Back.
I have visited Benedictine monasteries around the world and have always been found St Benedict’s instructions to treat guests “as Christ” to
Morality at the Movies
Double Indemnity and Chinatown The movie mogul Sam Goldwyn rightly growled through his cigar to a screenwriter, “If you want to send
Is Mercy Always Mushy?
When I was a boy and all us kids were watching TV, we could tell when a love scene was about to
I Scream Therefore I Am
...was crucified, died and was buried. There’s a line in a Leonard Cohen poem, “There is a crack in everything. That’s how
Divorce the Disintegration of Humanity and Married Priests
The gospel reading appointed for today should be of vital interest for both the church and the world. It is Jesus' teaching
Ten Things to Remember About the Assumption of Mary
A few years ago I wrote a post about the Assumption that is worth re-reading: During the twenty years it took me
Welcome the Stranger. Who Me?
I got hit over the head on Monday with the Mass reading from Deuteronomy 10 because it speaks so eloquently about the