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Friends, anticipating Mothers Day, let’s muse about mothers. The Greek word for “female” is “thelys” – literally, “one nurturing the next generation.” Let me introduce you to two trailblazing mothers who helped “raise” my wife and me. “Edith” (“blessings/riches related to war”) When Edith Schaeffer (1914-2013) died, she had four children, 15 grandchildren 35 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren – and countl...

Language is a powerful weapon in the hands of the media. Words and expressions convey ideas that reflect a culture, morality, and worldview. Liberal media have long used their position of power to change language and impose their distorted worldview upon America.     

Dear June: Facing Family Strife With Calm Focus on forgiveness first I’m a conservative in a family of liberals/leftists, all of whom have gone along willingly with their party’s slide into authoritarianism justified by Trump (and conservative) hatred. I used to be an even more rabid leftist in my youth, but marrying a Russian Orthodox wife and joining her community here in San Francisco, and now having embraced faith with the help of Dennis Prager and Jordan Peterson, I’ve become a cons...

America will flourish by beating China at the game at which America has always excelled, technological innovation, not by shooting ourselves in both feet with tariffs. Conservatives can conscientiously support Joe Bidens impulse to stoke Americas technological prowess.

The Trial of Anne Hutchinson Article Send to Google Classroom: X Anne Hutchinson (l. 1591-1643 CE) was a religious dissident who was brought to trial by John Winthrop (l. c. 1588-1649 CE) and the other magistrates of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637 CE for spreading "erroneous opinions" regarding religious belief and practice. She is known as the central figure in the Antinomian Controversy ( antinomian from the Greek for “against the law”) which challenged the authority of the colony...

Originally published in Japanese in 1982, the novel Sachiko by Shūsaku Endō, perhaps Asia’s best-known Catholic author of fiction, has been recently translated into English by Van C. Gessel. In part a conventional love story of star-crossed lovers ripped apart from their embrace by the tragic whirlwind of the history of the twentieth century, Sachiko is above all a powerful and inspiring account of the moral dilemmas and tenacious faith of Japanese and Western Christians amidst the deprav...

January 9, 2021 at 9:00 am by Kiana Perez-Granados   For many years now, abortion has been a highly controversial topic of discussion due to differing opinions on its inherent morality. Society has named the two major clashing groups pro-life and pro-choice. Though it is often raised as a political issue, abortion is a sensitive subject, especially within a religious context and specifically regarding Christianity.  Many people are led to believe that a majority of Christians are ...

January 01, 2021 On January 1, the Church commemorates the 54th World Day of Peace. Pope Francis’s message for the day, released on December 8, is entitled “A Culture of Care as a Path to Peace.” In his message for the 1st World Day of Peace, Pope St. Paul VI wrote, “It is Our desire that then, every year, this commemoration be repeated as a hope and as a promise, at the beginning of the calendar which measures and outlines the path of human life in time, that Peace with its just and be...

A modern-day massacre of innocents Who weeps for the millions of unborn babies aborted across the world each year? Edita Tronqued-Burgos, Manila Updated: December 29, 2020 03:57 AM GMT Trending The Massacre of the Holy Innocents. (Image: Wikipedia) The story of the Massacre of the Holy Innocents is very well known. The feast of these martyrs was celebrated on Dec. 28. “When Herod realized that the visitors from the east had tricked him, he was furious. He gave orders to ...

He doesnt think she prays for him. should he have taken the advice -- the president have taken the advice she gave to the reporter, dont mess with me? >> i do think in this case it was a very rare thing for nancy pelosi. it was a very personal moment, a personal affront. she really doesnt let herself show that side of herself all that often. but i was raised a catholic. i do know in the catholic faith hate has a very, very specific meaning, and it is not a word that is to be used in connection w...