Taking dramatic steps of faith runs in the family. In the eighteenth century my Mennonite ancestors left Switzerland for the new colony

I'm wondering why so many of my fellow Catholics are getting so grumpy. So much quarreling, backbiting, petty quarrels and quibbles about

I remember once a seminarian asked me if I got tired of saying Mass and whether it wasn't "a bit boring sometimes?"

It is a bit late on April 23-Shakespeare's probable birth day and anniversary of his death, but I've had a busy day.

Cardinal Newman's favorite quote is "to be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant." Certainly that was the case for

OK. This blog post is going to go way down deep, but I'm going to explain the deep down reason why traditional

When reading the epistles of St Paul I am constantly astounded by the power of his theology and thought. How did the

This article was first published at Patheos I was brought up in Pennsylvania in an independent Bible Church. Our church building was

I have not blogged much this week because I have been moving all my books and writing gear from the little study-den

The Introductory session of my twenty part series on the history of the Catholic Church. This session opens with a discussion of