My latest for the Knoxville News Sentinel: By the time you’re reading these words, it’s likely most of your New Year’s resolutions have made their way to the… Read more “Commit to Smaller Graces and Let God Handle the Big Ones”

The picture above is “The Ordination of Saint Hilary” from a 14th century manuscript. Today, January 13, is the Memorial of St. Hilary of Poitiers, the “Hammer… Read more “St. Hilary of Poitiers”

I’m sick, so I’m not going to spend a lot of time today.  I do want you to know that the next Bridge Ministry Day is Saturday,… Read more “Bridge Ministry”

To those for whom Jesus Christ no longer suffices as a credible Lord and Messiah, John Pavlovitz offers up Barack Obama: http://johnpavlovitz.com/2016/06/23/thanks-obama/ Seriously, I get the “No… Read more “Thanks, Obama?”

Mary Virginia Merrick was born on November 2, 1866 in Washington, DC.  Her father, Richard, was a prominent attorney and a founder of Georgetown University Law Center.… Read more “Sanctity in America: Servant of God Mary Virginia Merrick”

“Why are you cast down, my soul, why groan within me?  Hope in God; I will praise him still, my savior and my God.”      … Read more “Why Are You Cast Down, My Soul?”

Today is the Solemnity of the Epiphany, when the Church celebrates the arrival of the magi to bestow their gifts and their adoration on the infant Jesus.… Read more “Solemnity of the Epiphany”

It snowed overnight in Knoxville and all across east Tennessee.  It seems we’ve had a white Christmas, after all!  It’s still Christmas, you know.  Depending on which… Read more “A White Christmas, After All!”

I find myself amused by the billboards that read: “Don’t make me come down there! — God.” The people who put up those billboards, don’t they know?… Read more “He Comes to Save”

Today, January 5, is the Memorial of St. John Neumann, Bishop of Philadelphia from 1852 to 1860. John Nepomucene Neumann was born on March 20, 1811 in… Read more “Sanctity in America: St. John Neumann”