Thy Will Be Done

“Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!” Moses, circa 1400 BC, Deutronomy...

Desire Unfulfilled

In his book, Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis writes on desire, and on the nagging sense that some fulfillment could just be fuller: “If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another...

But It’s For Your Own Good

The United States is currently in a pitched battle for the soul of the Nation. Two visions are in play. The first is the one that was present at the founding of the Country, and has at its core the concept that “all men are created equal, and are endowed by...

We Meet No Ordinary People In Our Lives

It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you talk to today is on the road to either sainthood or perdition.  All day long we are, in some degree, helping each other to...