By

    One of the nicest surprises I received as a young priest came from a parishioner I had visited in the hospital. A few days after she returned home, she and her husband stopped by the rectory with a gift for me—a brand-new piece of luggage. I was very touched by her... Read More →

    A Massachusetts pregnancy resource center helped my son Sam, and me start on a successful path, and it has been so disheartening to see the same center that helped us now attacked and discredited by Massachusetts politicians. This summer, Massachusetts Governor... Read More →

  Do abortion bans really work to curb abortion? Advocates of abortion like to argue that they do not, but recent numbers out of Indiana, which has a near-total abortion ban, are promising. There were just 72 abortions reported in Indiana in the first half of the year,... Read More →

    I wish to remind Christians that acknowledging the humanity of the unborn child is at the heart of what it means to follow Jesus. In the Roman Lectionary for Sunday, September 22, 2024, we encounter what could serve as the signature pro-life passage of the New... Read More →

  Massachusetts state officials are going to war against pro-life nonprofits that give women free diapers and help families provide for their babies and kids. The taxpayer-funded campaign, at a cost of at least $1 million, includes information sheets, graphics, and even... Read More →

A teenage mother in Houston recently put her newborn baby boy in a trash bag, tied it closed, and tossed him in a dumpster in the Texas July heat. Fortunately, a passerby heard the baby’s cries and summoned help. The event is shocking. A young mother left her own baby for dead in... Read More →

  The following prayer was written by Rev. Timothy Whitaker (1948-2024), who served as bishop of The Florida Area of The United Methodist Church. In 2001, Bishop Whitaker published this prayer in The District Beam (newsletter, January/February) while he was the Norfolk (VA)... Read More →

  No one really believes in utterly free, unfettered choice. There are good choices and bad choices, and an enduring challenge in life is to know the difference. There are choices that we forbid ourselves and others to make. For instance, I have a legal right to drive my car... Read More →

      It was in a short piece posted by a cranky young blogger a little over a decade ago that I first read about dogs replacing children in the lives of young adults. This correlates to cohabitation replacing marriage in this cohort, but it reflects a cultural change... Read More →

      Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were sealed for the day of redemption. (Ephesians 4:30)   This sentence from St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians contains an insight into what sin is, specifically for Christians. Sin is a “grieving” of the... Read More →