Being Thankful, Breaking the Poverty Cycle, and Education as a Battleground

Being Thankful, Breaking the Poverty Cycle, and Education as a Battleground

Beginning to think about Christmas gets a power boost as we get into Advent and the four Sundays before Christmas day. Sharing the daily Bible readings of the Mass and the stories in the various daily devotionals we read gets Pat and me in a reflective mood. There is no question that the world changed…

Out of the Mouth of Rappers: Kayne West and more

Out of the Mouth of Rappers: Kayne West and more

Speaking to more than 10,000 people at the Gateway Center in downtown Salt Lake City,  Super Star Rapper Kanye West left no doubt what’s important to him in life.  For those less enamoured (or familiar) with the rapper beat and culture, West underscored inspiring Christian and common-sense — seriously common sense — points, expressed his…

Peterson and Solzhenitsyn Speak Truth to Power

Peterson and Solzhenitsyn Speak Truth to Power

Crisis—It is not hard to see why Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, whose 100th birthday will be celebrated on December 11, would be such a compelling figure for Jordan Peterson, the Jungian psychologist who has become an international cause célèbre for defying Orwellian speech codes added to Canada’s Human Rights Act. In addition to advocating an ethic of individual…