Mother of Life by Nellie “God sure is clever,” my friend, Nellie Edwards and I often say to one another. It is understood between us as an understatement of God’s often subtle and surprising ways. I imagine that Satan has been surprised a few times by God’s cleverness. The devil chose Hell rather than…
Mo and Alan with Victor Thirteen years ago, Mo Bergman rejected a doctor’s suggestion to abort her baby because of physical abnormalities. Instead, she turned to God and the situation changed dramatically. She is turning to God again and asking for healing for her son. Here is her story excerpted from Amazing Grace for…
Clayton Lockett’s disturbingly botched execution in Oklahoma a few weeks ago has re-ignited the debate over capital punishment. Vicki Schieber had a successful career in finance and two beautiful children. She had always been against capital punishment. Such an opinion is easy, however, when you don’t have skin in the game. But then her daughter…
Chad Judice had a good thing going: a beautiful wife and a teaching job that he loved at a Catholic school seemed to complete his life. The idea of fatherhood seemed too much. So when his wife became pregnant with their first son, it scared him. She was thrilled; he was not. Why mess with…
May 13 is the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima. In a world growing more skeptical of God and cynical of religion, there is Fatima. It is where our Blessed Mother appeared to three shepherd children and where a public miracle was witnessed before tens of thousands. In Fatima, two anti-Catholic socialist newspapers sent reporters…
Emily Letts during abortion Abortion counselor Emily Letts is being celebrated for starring in her own abortion video. Her intended message to pregnant women: Come follow me! Having your baby removed is a breeze. Emily, who works at a New Jersey abortion clinic, had sex with someone with whom she did not want to…
“I have a problem with Curious George,” a friend announced to me at a party. “I’m not sure about reading those books to my children.” Christa is the mother of three young boys. Her comment surprised me. My children had loved the popular book series.
“Oh, I’m so inept! I can’t do anything right!” There are endless variations of the self-deprecating rants. They are dressed up like humility but smack of pride. The person announcing his failings probably does not boast and is instead seeking a humble path, but he unwittingly travels by way of pride. Whether…
I learned to pray the rosary in 1989 while in my early thirties. I vowed to say it daily. But a few weeks after the birth of a new baby, I decided to skip it in favor of getting to sleep. That’s when a Divine message let me know, it’s worth staying…
I am the CEO of nothing except my own life–and even then… I have ten kids that I attempt to direct onto heavenly paths but then leave the rest to God. Books on leadership in business are not on my shelves. Yet, I have found meaning in The Pope & The CEO: John Paul II’s…
Everyone has heard the saying: “Watch what you pray for; you may get it.” When Liz Gary was was pregnant with her third child, she prayed that God would take her unborn baby before he was born. Her husband Mike and she had two adorable children; six-year-old Abby-Lynn and four-year-old Cameron. They had room in their…
When I was a kid, we had no problem making choices. We went with our gut, and if someone disagreed, we “shot it out” with Rock, Paper, Scissors or tossed a coin, then threw ourselves into whatever it was. Somewhere along the line, things got complicated. We read “Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood”…