The Neglected Heart: The Emotional Dangers of Premature Sexual Involvement
In discussions of teen sex, much is said about the dangers of pregnancy and disease but far less about the emotional hazards.
"They" say that small things never hurt
A bee is something small, but when it stings, it is a great hurt.
Priests in the Public Square
Faithful young priests are such a contradiction to the sexual revolution that their very presence invites the world to consider the supernatural.
To Be Realistic about Friendships
Once after giving a lecture on friendship I was told I was undermining the hearers ability to have relationships with diverse people. Clarity on this issue is crucial.
Forming Future Followers
Nearly every college and university in the country advertises itself as educating future "leaders." I am not as impressed as perhaps I should be.
If We Want Better Schools, We Need to Be a Serious People
Our schools are failing not because of what happens in the classroom, but because of what happens—or more to the point, what doesn't happen—at the dinner table. If we wish to be a serious people, then we must bolster our institutions with the power to humanize and domesticate the bedlam within us all.
Remembering the Dead, One Year Later
How we remember the dead is significant in how we live.
Fear and Fearlessness
Fear no one ... do not be afraid ... be afraid ... do not be afraid (see Mt 10:26-33). Our Lord seems to be giving contradictory commands.
Is pride worse than murder?
In considering the relative gravity of sins, Aquinas considers pride in itself as graver than murder, since pride, in its proper meaning, is by its very nature a turning away from God.
