Where the Rubber Hits the Road

Spanning Continents and Centuries Our Lady's Message Is Clear

2018-12-14T09:47:00.000-05:00

“The messages of Our Lady of Akita seem to be unfolding today,” I said recently to a friend, who agreed and said I should also check out those of Our Lady of Good Success and some others. I did, and then wrote an article about it. There were some pretty alarming messages; here’s just a little preview: Our Lady of Akita

Seeking God's Grace-Filled Healing for Sex-Abuse Victims

2018-12-10T11:33:00.000-05:00

I’m not exactly eager to share very personal matters on a public platform, but I realized recently that my story could be helpful — both to those who are blessed not to know firsthand what being victimized in such a way is like and how long its negative effects can last, and to those who have suffered, to my fellow survivors, to give them hope. See my latest article, in the National

Why I Won't Be Leaving

2018-11-05T20:58:00.001-05:00

Many people assume that those raised Catholic or Christian who retain their faith as adults haven't really thought about it and are just blindly following what their parents told them. I don't know how common that really is. Most of the practicing Catholics and Christians I know have thought a lot about it. It's kind of necessary when you live in a culture that belittles

Purification and Reparation: What Catholics Can Do With Our Present Anger

2018-09-29T21:14:00.000-04:00

As for many Catholics, this "summer of shame" has been trying for me. Not for my faith or for my loyalty to the Lord or the Church, but trying to my patience. I'm sad and disgusted. I do believe, however, that God can bring good out of anything and will do so if we pray. It is good for evil done in darkness to be brought into the light. That is the first step to restoration. There are steps

How It Went When I Discussed FABMs with My Doctor

2018-08-16T16:07:00.002-04:00

Check out my latest article on the Natural Womanhood website: How It Went When I Discussed FABMs with My Doctor

The Connection between the Sexual Revolution and “MeToo”: An Interview with Mary Eberstadt

2018-06-19T09:17:00.000-04:00

From reading her works, I already knew Mary Eberstadt to be intelligent, articulate, and insightful. On May 31, 2018, I discovered that she's humble and approachable as well. It was a privilege to sit down and talk with her before the #MeToo Moment Conference: Second Thoughts on the Sexual Revolution in Washington, D.C., that day. You can read my interview with her and excerpts from

Reflections on the Sacred Heart of Jesus

2018-06-09T12:00:00.000-04:00

Saints have reflected on the fact that Jesus called Himself the “door” and that his Heart was opened by a lance. He is the door through which we attain union with God, and the door of His Heart has been opened for us in His loving self-sacrifice on the Cross. How do we enter that Door? We think we are too large. But Christ is God and truly

MeToo Moment Conference Rethinks Sexual Revolution

2018-06-06T13:40:00.001-04:00

I was blessed to attend the #MeToo Moment: Second Thoughts on the Sexual Revolution conference in Washington, D.C., last week. I think this conference has the potential to be one of if not the most significant "moments" for American women in the past 50 years. I'll be writing several articles related to this. Here's the first, for Our Sunday Visitor Newsweekly, an overview with links

Reproductive Respect

2018-05-20T17:27:00.003-04:00

Here's another post I wrote for Natural Womanhood. (I should have given notice of this one first as it came earlier--in March). As a former feminist, I find it particularly ironic (and frustrating) that feminists don't see the gender inequality inherent in chemical contraception. So when International Women’s Day rolled around last March, I saw it as an

Natural Womanhood

2018-04-24T12:13:00.001-04:00

I'm so grateful to have been invited to write occasionally for Natural Womanhood. This important website is spreading the good news about fertility-awareness-based methods of achieving or avoiding pregnancy. All from a health perspective. This is a much-needed endeavor because the sad fact is the vast majority of people today have little or no knowledge of how bad

Al Kresta on the Past, Present, and Future of Catholic Radio

2018-04-14T20:40:00.002-04:00

Being asked to interview Al Kresta was a welcome proposal because I'm a big fan of his radio show, Kresta in the Afternoon. But it was also a bit intimidating, because he is such an excellent interviewer himself. Dr. Ray Guarendi--another popular Catholic radio show host--often jokes about competing with Al Kresta for the "Annual Humility Award." If there were such a

Mary Beth Bonacci Is Back!

2018-04-12T10:16:00.000-04:00

I was blessed to work at Ignatius Press in-house a year after I graduated from college--indeed there have been and continue to be manifold blessings from working with Ignatius Press. One blessing was meeting Mary Beth; she'd come into the office periodically between trips. Mary Beth Bonacci was among the very first national chastity speakers. If you've ever heard any of her

Former Warner Bros Executive Uses Gifts for Christ

2018-04-03T19:41:00.001-04:00

Our Sunday Visitor Newsweekly asked me a couple years ago to write an article on how the Archdiocese of Los Angeles was transforming their media outreach in a major way. (You can find that article here.) So I had the pleasure of interviewing some very interesting players: John David Long-Garcia, editor of Angelus News; David Scott, director of communications for the

Interview with Marcus Grodi

2018-03-11T13:31:00.000-04:00

It was my privilege last fall to interview Marcus Grodi, founder of the Coming Home Network and host of the EWTN television/radio show The Journey Home on the show's 20th anniversary. Indeed, our conversation was so rich as to warrant two articles in Catholic World Report. The first, "Marcus Grodi Reflects on 20 Years of The Journey Home," came out in December 2017. The second article is still in

Father Capodanno--Modern Hero

2018-03-05T16:52:00.001-05:00

At a graduation lunch in June 2017, I was privileged to sit at the same table with Archbishop Timothy Broglio. He shared with us that his archdiocese, the Archdiocese of the Military Services, U.S., had just finished compiling and sending all the documentation for Fr. Capodanno's cause for canonization to the Vatican's Congregation of the Causes of Saints. I interviewed

"Nun and Nunner" (and other matters)

2018-02-27T20:40:00.002-05:00

Obviously, I haven't posted here in a while. So I thought I'd give an update and share what I've been up to. I finally finished my first book, and it's now in the hands of the publisher, Ignatius Press. Currently titled "How Do I Love Thee? Eight Ways to Love God Revealed by Love Himself," it's due out in the fall of 2018. Before and since completing it last summer, I've mostly been doing

A Heart for Baby Jesus

2016-12-27T13:47:00.000-05:00

My friend Teresa tipped me off on an absolutely wonderful book, Divine Intimacy, with daily meditations on growing closer to God. I have to share yesterday’s reflection: When creating us, God loved us so much that He made us to His own image and likeness; when redeeming us, He loved us so much that He made Himself to our image! Christmas is

Advent: A Reminder to Stay Awake

2016-11-27T20:09:00.000-05:00

"The time to awake is now." St. Paul wrote this nearly two thousand years ago, but his message is just as urgent now, to us, as it was to his original readers, the Christians living in Rome. Jesus warned of something similar in the Gospel reading yesterday from Luke: "Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy." And what is it that

God Is Faithful

2016-10-16T22:55:00.001-04:00

Growing up in the charismatic movement, it is only natural for me at a time like this to give "a praise report." I feel I would burst otherwise, but more importantly, the Lord deserves public thanks and praise.