In an article entitled “Men only want one thing” in Comment magazine, men are referred to as being like “timber.”  “Will they be shaped into good, sturdy beams and joists that will shelter, support, and protect?  Or will they shape themselves in their own wild ways, producing knotty. weak, and crooked lengths that don’t do…

On April 15, 1912, when the liner Titanic was declared doomed, men gather each year on that date at the Titanic Memorial in Washington, D.C. The Men’s Titanic Society gather to honor the passenger who donned evening clothes in order to die like a gentleman. They annually offer a toast: “Chivalry, gallantry, bravery and grace….To…

Remnant bog site had an very revealing piece on the deathbed experience.  Pulitzer Prize-winning author and oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee identified four common phrases expressed on deathbeds, emphasizing that each had a lesson for a fullness of life.  These four phases are:             1. “I want to tell you that I…

Arron Renn  on his blog site, featured an article entitled “Christian Buddhism” by Dr. John Seel.   The opening sentence got my attention.  “A number of home grown features of today’s American evangelicalism echo Buddhist themes.”  We live in a mix and match world, where religious seekers are described as “Remixed.”  In Seel’s view there are…

In the book of Malachi, God, warns of religious worship actually being contemptuous of God, by offering defiled sacrifices in worship.   God accuses his people of despising him with their “shoddy, sloppy, defiling worship” (Mal 1:7 -Message).  “The altar of God is not important anymore; worship of God is no longer a priority ……And when…

This is the title of a new book by Noelle Mering.  She wrote a condensed article about the woke movement for Ralph Martin’s monthly newsletter.  She contends there are victims of the movement, who need healing.  There are those who, “have been given some poison of ideology that has harmed and wounded them.” Others have…

I am preparing a meditation on Matthew 12:18-21.  Matthew is quoting a prophecy of Isaiah regarding Jesus.  He records these words just after the political and religious leaders of Jesus’ day wanting to kill him.  Mark’s gospel tells us, “Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill…

I met recently with a male friend, I consider a “soul mate.”  He is someone with whom I can to talk about what is going on in my soul.  I have committed to allow him to know me for who I am – the good, the bad, and the ugly.  I want to be more…

This is the title of a blog  by Ronald Rolheiser, a Catholic spiritual writer.  He makes reference to Carmelite nun, Constance Fitzgerald, who uses the word “impasse” in reference to the dark night of the soul.  She visualizes the dark night as a crucible of purifying in which, “the way out is the way through.” …

A new pro-life song by singer Rachel Holt was a surprising success recently on the  country music charts.  According to the song’s sponsor, Patriot Mobile, “The single was released Friday and quickly soared to Top 10 on ITunes Country Charts and reached #5 Sunday Evening.  It reached #1 on PopVortex’s most downloaded music videos and…