sacrifice

For years, I’ve watched men in the Church try to gain respect by being nice and fail miserably. They serve, they sacrifice, they bend over backward to please everyone around them, especially their wives. But it doesn’t lead to the life they…

No matter how sound an argument, stubbornness can take hold of the mind and close it off to the truth; public discourse proves this daily. But the heart cannot evade being pierced by beauty. The human heart has a deep-seated need for beauty…

Corey Comperatore will be remembered by the media and many simply as the Trump rallygoer who was struck and killed by a bullet meant to assassinate the former president. His wife and daughters, however, say he’s a “real-life superhero” who…

As a combat veteran, I always feel a bit awkward when someone wishes me “Happy Memorial Day.” Oftentimes, I do not correct them because I know they mean well. The misplaced gratitude stems from a misunderstanding of what Memorial Day is all…

During the “recent unpleasantness” of 2021, I was lucky enough to live in a state whose shelter-in-place directives were not as severe as others. Already being someone not accustomed to sitting around, I began to take road or bike trips by…

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A secret to the popular CBS police procedural “Blue Bloods,” which is now in its 13th season, lies not in the precinct but in the dining room. The show’s family meal scenes, which take six to eight hours to film, usually portray the Reagan…

TORONTO – Grateful Canadians are gathering each evening to celebrate the conclusion of the deeply unpopular COVID-19 pandemic with the 7:00 pm launch of immunocompromised people from circus cannons. “Now that this nightmare’s finally over,…

VANCOUVER – Acknowledging the failure of typical animal control measures to quell a spate of violent coyote attacks over the last few months in Stanley Park, the City of Vancouver has decided to sacrifice one jogger every year to the…