My Insides Churn in Protest AN UNFORESEEN ELECTION This week, the United States elected a new president. Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president-elect. Nearly every poll…
Enlarged in the Waiting
Enlarged in the Waiting It’s About Time The Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians. If you haven’t heard, the two baseball teams in this year’s World Series haven’t won the…
Looking for Help
What’s the Story? Hurricane Matthew is expected to be the first major hurricane to make landfall in the US since 2005’s Wilma. With 115 mph winds, the hurricane has already…
Jesus on Brangelina’s Divorce
A terrorist bombing in NYC, shootings in Oklahoma and North Carolina, and riots in Kinshasa, Congo, all happened this week, but many will be talking about the divorce of Brad Pitt…
“Give Us a Break”
The United States and Russia have reached a tenuous cease-fire in the three-way civil war that has decimated Syria and killed between 300,000 and 500,000 people. Despite supporting opposing sides…
“Work It Out In the Public Square.”
On Wednesday, Brazil’s Senate voted to impeach their first female president, Dilma Rousseff. Rousseff was charged with manipulating the federal budget in order to hide the mounting financial woes of…
“That’s Not The Last Word”
In the past two weeks, 32-year-old Olympian Ryan Lochte went from 2016 gold medalist to robbery victim to discredited mockery. His fabricated story of being robbed at gun point at…
Turn to God
Early morning, August 11, a low-pressure storm system settled over 5 parishes in southern Louisiana and during the next 48 hours dumped nearly 2 feet of rain on the region.…
Run to Win
The 31st Olympic Games opened Friday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For 16 days, citizens in over 200 nations around the world are glued to their televisions, waiting to see…
Live Generously
On Sunday, just five days after two teenage terrorists in France killed Father Jacques Hamel during a Catholic Mass, more than 150 Muslims, in the spirit of fraternity, attended Masses…