Here is my latest column in The Catholic Voice on the death penalty…
“I recently took part in a discussion on what it means to be pro-life, and in light of the impending execution of Carey Dean Moore, I need to address a couple of misconceptions. ” ….
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Here is my latest column in The Catholic Voice on patriotism and arguing well…
“Last month I wrote about practicing the virtue of gratitude to foster fraternity. This got me thinking about the July Fourth holiday, which by the time you read this will have already passed, and about fraternity and the virtue of patriotism.” ….
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Here is my latest column in The Catholic Voice on the dangers of wealth…
“When thinking about all the various ways that unity is undermined in our society, I have written about some ideological obstacles. They affect the way we view reality and how we think through solving problems in society. I’d like to address a practical obstacle that leads to an ideological one, namely our incredible wealth.” ….
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Here is my latest column in The Catholic Voice on the folly of identity politics…
“Last month I wrote about how Christianity calls us to love the oppressed and the oppressor. It is this second part that we often forget. Indeed, when we talk about the church going out into the peripheries, we almost exclusively think of the areas of our culture and society occupied by the oppressed. ” ….
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Here is my latest column in The Catholic Voice on the folly of identity politics…
“Over the last several months, I have been writing about some of the seeds of discord that exist in our culture. …This month, I want to address identity politics. Allow me to start by sharing a personal anecdote. ” ….
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Here is my latest column in The Catholic Voice on the media and the importance of the truth…
“I’ve been writing about some of the obstacles we face in our nation, specifically obstacles to unity. I would be remiss, then, if I didn’t spend some time focusing on our national media.” ….
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Here is my latest column in The Catholic Voice on virtue and politics…
“When I wrote last month about the purpose of politics, that politics provides a forum for the practice of virtue, I was reminded of a scene from the film ‘Gladiator.’ In the scene the upstart Commodus rejects the four chief virtues his father seeks in an heir: wisdom, justice, fortitude and temperance. Rather, he lists the virtues with which he has been gifted: ambition, resourcefulness, courage (not on the battlefield), devotion.I thought of this scene because one of the difficulties we face in our culture is our skewed understanding of virtue. ” ….
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Here is my latest column in The Catholic Voice on the possibility of a good politics…
“Last month I wrote about a tendency to judge others according to their political choices. This can have negative effects on holiday gatherings. Friendships and family relationships can fray when political choices become the measure by which we decide whether our neighbor is worthy of our love. This is a result in part of a skewed vision of politics.” ….
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Here is my column in The Catholic Voice on the current state of affairs on politics…
“It’s been a year since the election and much of the acrimony still seems to linger. I was listening recently to a cultural commentator and convert to Christianity who was asked why he is so consistently joyful despite all the bad news. The trick, he said, is that he understands what politics is for.” ….
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Here is my column in The Catholic Voice on World Mission Sunday.
“Later this month will be the collection for World Mission Sunday, a collection held all over the country for the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith. In our local diocese I am the director, and I’d like to write a bit about this collection and global solidarity.” ….
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Here is my column in The Catholic Voice on the good work of Fr. Lawrence in Nigeria.
“As students return to school, I’m always reminded of the good work of the many Catholic saints who modeled for us the educational system from which we all benefit today: St. Jean Baptiste de La Salle, St. Joseph Calasanz and St. Lucy Filippini. Driven by their love of the Lord, they were called to bring hope and opportunity to the poor.” ….
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Here is my column in The Catholic Voice on living mercy through being with others.
“In this, my final installment of reflections on living mercy, I wanted to draw from Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation ‘Evangelii Gaudium,’ the Joy of the Gospel. In that document, the Holy Father speaks to us about missionary discipleship, which is part of the pastoral vision of our archdiocese and which includes unity and living mercy. So what can we learn from Pope Francis that can help make living mercy a practical reality here?” ….
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Here is my column in The Catholic Voice on technology and mercy.
“Continuing on the theme of mercy, I’d like to again focus on some concrete ways we can incorporate mercy in our lives.” ….
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Here is my column in The Catholic Voice on physician prescribed suicide.
“I wish to continue this month with some meditations on living mercy, particularly as mercy relates to the question of physician assisted suicide, or more accurately, physician prescribed suicide. Twenty-five states introduced legislation in 2015 to advance this form of suicide. Last year, and again this year, the Nebraska Unicameral’s Judiciary Committee took up the question.” ….
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Also, here’s a link to a podcast from the Archdiocese of Omaha on the subject “It’s Good That You Are Here.”
Here is my column in The Catholic Voice on what living mercy could mean more concretely.
“This month I’d like to invite us all to a more concrete examination of what living mercy could look like. But first, let me share something about myself.” ….
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