Top 5 Resolutions You Can Make With Your Spouse
As stores sweep away the last scraps of holiday decor and the general public becomes befuddled as to when they should stop wishing themselves a Merry Christmas, most of the earth has been busying itself with resolutions for the New Year. Ah yes, the end of 2012 – a year the Mayans had supposed total annihilation and Republicans wished them right. What more virtuous way to enter January 1,...
read moreNot New Movie Review: The Seventh Seal
Why did I like Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal? I knew its basic premise beforehand: a knight returns from the Crusades, questioning God’s existence, and engages in a chess match with Death. I knew that its conclusion wasn’t exactly sympathetic to faith. I knew that it starred a young Max von Sydow, who in the DVD extras for my favorite movie stated plainly that he thought...
read moreStarting the New Year Off Right!
I’ve been told of a New Year’s tradition that is popular in monasteries and convents. Every year, the monks and nuns get together and draw the names of saints from a hat. These become their patrons of the year, about whom they will learn and for whose intercession they will pray. So I spent some time to program the following for you. There are 130 possible saints. ...
read moreHow Holy Is the Holy Family?
Instead of making the Holy Family seem more human by alleging its imperfection, perhaps we should be using the Holy Family to point out what humanity is called to be.
read moreSocratic thoughts on death after Christmas
I finished Peter Kreeft’s Philosophy 101 by Socrates while on vacation and was struck by some of Socrates’ views on death, having been alive before the Christian era. The book discusses the nature of philosophy by reviewing Plato’s Apology, the account of Socrates’ defense of himself at his trial. He was found guilty of not believing in the gods of the state and was...
read moreAbout the Author
Andrew is honored to be husband to a truly humble and loving woman and father to their three sons. His Catholic faith led him to Benedictine College where his studies focused on Theology, Philosophy, and Psychology. Andrew is an avid fisherman and an experienced musician. Since 2008, Andrew has taught Theology at Loyola College Prep High School in Shreveport, LA.
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