Articles
Sharing the Good News When the Daily News Is Bad
Many years ago, a couple of Mormon missionaries came to my door. My policy has always been to invite them in for a chat. I do this for two reasons: 1) I’m…
August 29, 2018
Archive
Author: Eric Sammons
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Want to Grow Spiritually? Get Physical!
When I was in high school—long, long ago—I had a youth pastor who warned us that the spiritual life wouldn’t always be easy. Sometimes we wouldn’t have the enthusiasm we had as…
August 21, 2018
Articles
Selection Bias and the Process of Picking Better Bishops
“He’ll be a bishop someday.” That was the prediction in the parish I attended fifteen years ago. Our pastor was a nice man – likable and affable. No one had anything negative…
August 10, 2018
Articles
The Power of Jesus’ Name
When I converted from Evangelical Protestantism to Catholicism, I made a lot of theological changes in my life. I expected this, but I didn’t expect that I would be making a lot…
July 31, 2018
Articles
When Bishops Lose Their Authority
While on the scaffold awaiting his execution, St. Thomas More famously declared, “I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first.” Throughout the controversy surrounding King Henry’s divorce and remarriage, More was adamant…
July 27, 2018
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Sooner or Later God’ll Cut You Down
Johnny Cash has a word for warning for Cardinal McCarrick and the bishops who enabled him:
July 26, 2018
Blog
Catholic Answers Live
I was on Catholic Answers Live last night to talk about evangelization. If you missed it, you can check it out here:
July 17, 2018
Articles
Dialogue or Disassociation: What to Do with Heretics and Public Sinners in the Church
The watchword of the day is “dialogue.” Invoked by Church leaders like an Eastern mystical mantra, dialogue is the solution to every problem. Pro-abortion politicians claiming to be good Catholics? We need…
July 16, 2018
Culture
Why I’m Through Being ‘Pro-Life’
Thirty years ago, the anti-abortion movement had an image problem. In most media reports, opponents of abortion were depicted as angry men opposing fundamental women’s rights. They were “anti-abortion.” Those who advocated…
July 9, 2018