Asthma is a terrible, frightening disease. It is all about not being able to breathe–to not be able to take a breath. Exhaling is long, but inhaling is brief and unsatisfactory with your breath choking you. And it goes on and on with an interminable sense of never being able to breathe again. As a child, I had many frightening and painful asthma episodes. My parents were frantic to know how to deal with it. The best medical minds of the day believed it to be a food allergy. So, one by one, they eliminated my favorite foods from my...
2211/2020November 22, 2020
In Defense of the Roman Catholic Mass
(Originally published on Helium April 18, 2013) There are many criticisms on the internet of the Roman Catholic Mass by both Catholics and non-Catholics alike. This article defends the Mass. The two major criticisms of the Mass by Catholics (also called Eucharist by Catholics) are: 1) that it’s boring and 2) that it is no longer in Latin and in the format used before Vatican II. In response to the criticism that the Mass is boring, the most obvious counter is that worshiping God is not supposed to be fun or entertainment. For all Christians and Jews, worshiping God is...
2211/2020November 22, 2020
An imaginary visit with Jesus and his parents
In the sixteenth century, Saint Ignatius of Loyola wrote out instructions for prayer based upon his own conversion experience. A contemporary of Saint Theresa of Avila and Saint John of the Cross, all spiritual giants in the Catholic Church, Saint Ignatius’ legacy to the order he founded (Jesuits), were his written instructions on prayer called “Spiritual Exercises.” Unlike Saint Theresa and Saint John, Ignatius focused upon imagination as a way of personally experiencing the life of Christ. He wanted his followers to experience what it felt like to walk with Jesus, his parents and his followers. Anyone wanting to enter...
0911/2020August 16, 2021
My Predictions for America for the Next Four Years if Biden and the Democrats Win
What will happen to the United States if Biden becomes president.
0311/2020November 22, 2020
The difference between a legal and a moral issue in Christianity
Canada has just adopted a new law[1] that says they will prosecute parents for up to five years in jail if they don’t follow this new law criminalizing parents who may want to obtain body-affirming counseling for their gender-confused children. (They make no mention of what will happen to the children while their parents are in jail.) This new law is a good example of a legal versus a moral issue. Christians use the Bible as the primary source for determining moral issues. From the starting point of the Ten Commandments, Christianity has developed a series of rules for behavior...
0311/2020November 22, 2020
The Difference between a Legal and a Moral Issue in Christianity
Canada has just adopted a new law[1] that says they will prosecute parents for up to five years in jail if they don’t follow this new law criminalizing parents who may want to obtain body-affirming counseling for their gender-confused children. (They make no mention of what will happen to the children while their parents are in jail.) This new law is a good example of a legal versus a moral issue. Christians use the Bible as the primary source for determining moral issues. From the starting point of the Ten Commandments, Christianity has developed a series of rules for behavior...
2410/2020November 22, 2020
How to Sell almost Anything and Make a Million Bucks in one Year!
Sounds great, doesn’t it? All you have to do is “buy my book” or “take my on-line courses for this low, low price” Well, it just doesn’t work for me. I am a lousy salesperson. I could never develop “the spiel” about my puppies or my books. Worse, I suspected other people who sold their puppies. The “spiel” was half true, the rest was just made up out of whole cloth. I just could not do it. But then I met a woman who was a talented saleswoman. No spiel. No hard sell. No half-truths. This is how it went....
1310/2020November 22, 2020
2109/2020September 24, 2020
When Jesus asked “Come, follow me,” I replied “I’m too busy”
Here I Am, LordJohn Michael Talbot I, the Lord of sea and skyI have heard my people cryAll who dwell in dark and sinMy hand will saveI who made the stars of nightI will make their darkness brightWho will bear my light to them?Whom shall I send? Here I am, LordIs it I, Lord?I have heard You calling in the nightI will go, LordIf You lead meI will hold Your people in my heartI, the Lord of wind and flameI will tend the poor and lameI will set a feast for themMy hand will saveFinest bread I will provide‘Til their...