Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Oh, that Francis. How we love him; how we are challenged by him. For some, the meeting with Kim Davis was validation and confirmation of the Church’s view… Continue reading Then He Embraced Them
Category: Politics
Compromise? Not Necessarily. Love? Absolutely.
Contention. It surrounds us. Whether it’s the upcoming elections or who should be quarterbacking our favorite football team or how the ebola situation is being handled, everyone’s got an opinion. Then, of course, there’s the recent Church extraordinary synod on the family. In all these instances, it sometimes seems the louder and more stridently we… Continue reading Compromise? Not Necessarily. Love? Absolutely.
What Helen Thomas Taught Me
I was a newspup, just twenty-four and working the night shift solo at United Press International’s Sioux Falls, South Dakota, bureau in October 1980. You couldn’t have told me I was young then, though. I’d been on the job for two-plus years and considered myself a
Of Sunshine and Other Patriots
You’ve likely never heard of any of them. They did nothing special–other than put their lives or reputations on the line, eagerly or reluctantly. I’m talking about my two dozen or so ancestors who participated in one way or another in the American Revolution. One of them, Jabez Beers, died in the war. He was… Continue reading Of Sunshine and Other Patriots