Feeling Bad About Confession
Emotions run pretty high in the sacrament of confession. Not a week goes by that either I or a penitent doesn't end up getting a bit misty. It's because hearts are open to God in the confessional and the Holy Spirit doesn't miss a chance to touch hearts and reconcile the lost sheep. However, while I don't mind emotion in the confessional itself...

Rant: NOW hated the wrong ad
It's Tuesday, but I'm still thinking about the Super Bowl ads. Terry O'Neill, the president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), made headlines in recent weeks about one of the Super Bowl ads being extraordinarily offensive and demeaning to women. Let's see if we can guess the offensive, demeaning ad...

Adventure
On Saturday, we watched Up again. When Carl Frederickson meets his boyhood idol, Charles Muntz, he learns something about searching and adventure. he famous explorer was obsessed with finding the bird "Kevin." He was consumed with that search, so much so that he believed the bird belonged to him already...

Video of Dominican Sisters on Oprah

Bob Rice tells the story of the "Adulterous Woman"

Young Ministers Helping Themselves
Here's a handful of quick thoughts on how young ministers can help themselves grow in their ministry...

Finally! The Latest on Kids and Media....
It was back in late 2004 when the Kaiser Family Foundation released their groundbreaking study Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-Olds. Since then, that research has served as the most extensive and helpful picture into how kids engage with their snowballing media world.

Is There Such a Thing as Life After Death?
Is there life after death? Theologians can debate all they want, but radiation oncologist Dr. Jeffrey Long says if you look at the scientific evidence, the answer is unequivocally yes.

Michael Spencer: The Day Before

Babies Trailer

Top 100 Kids' Online Searches for 2009
As expected with a sample group including teenagers, some of the online search words are anything but innocent. However, what is shocking is that “porn” is the 4th most popular search word among kids ages 7 and younger...

A Sampling of Reaction to the Pope's Synagogue Visit
Sunday Pope Benedict XVI visited the Great Synagogue of Rome, marking only the second time that a pope has crossed the Tiber River to enter the primary Jewish place of worship in Rome....

Frozen Theological Musings
When I first moved to Minnesota (January 1996), I thought people talked a lot about the weather. Incessantly. To the absolute exclusion of anything else. In fact, other subjects of any existential depth whatsoever were nixed for the current wind chill, the comparison to yesterday's wind chill....

Haitian Prayer

Party in the USA - Sign Language

Ten Things Your Youth Ministry Should/Shouldn't Buy in 2010