by Joe LaGuardia | Jan 9, 2014 | Opinion
The new year is an opportunity to make resolutions. Perhaps for many of us, however, resolutions may not be enough. We may need an actual conversion experience. There is a fourth-century story told of two monks in the Egyptian desert in which one monk came to the...
by Keith Herron | Jan 9, 2014 | Opinion
Nothing stays the same for long. That statement is as honest as it is brief. Life is always in motion – never sitting still, ever changing – and the best response we can give is to pledge we will stay alive to God’s ever-moving accompanying presence as our...
by Dennis Bickers | Jan 9, 2014 | Opinion
Leaders should always walk the talk, but it becomes even more critical to do so when their organization is going through a change. Failing to do so eliminates any chance that others in the organization will be committed to the change process, ensuring the failure of...
by James Gordon | Jan 8, 2014 | Opinion
“Our minds are constantly trying to bring God down to our level rather than letting him lift us into levels of which we were not previously capable.” I found myself agreeing wholeheartedly with that statement even before I finished reading it. I then...
by Arthur Brown | Jan 8, 2014 | Opinion
Pope Francis recently published his “Evangelli Gaudium,” “The Joy of the Gospel.” This rare and significant publication seeks to encourage the faithful to live out the teachings of the Catholic Church within the context of the day. Of...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 7, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce One of the good, early lessons veteran editors taught me years ago came as a warning against using editorial space to simply jump on a favorite soapbox repeatedly. Such writing should be broader and more constructive than just venting against a pet...
