A Homily for the Second Sunday of Easter A while back, while driving down I-27, I passed a billboard that said, “Church Should be Fun!” I thought to myself, “Really?” I weighed the notion, then shook my head. “What garbage!” Don’t get me wrong. I think church youth groups should be fun and pitching in at parish festival should...

This article was previously published in Sword & Spade Magazine.   Paul Waldorf didn’t always remember the power of heart to heart moments with dad.   "The older my father gets,” I thought to myself when I was a young adult, “the smarter he gets.” It was only after years of maturing and making an honest effort to g...

Kate milks cows with her dad each morning. She then drives to her full-time job in town at a day-care center. Her fiancé, Travis, works for a local plumber. He moonlights on the weekends. They’ll be married in a couple of months. “Looks like we’ll be renting an apartment,” says Travis as he, Kate and I take our seats in a restaurant. �...