Response to “Is belief in God based purely on an emotional need to believe?”

Over the past few months, a Catholic gentleman, who has been struggling with doubts about Catholicism, has been dialoguing with me occasionally to work through questions and journey as a seeker of truth. Recently, he posed this concern / challenge to me: “I understand that, yes, we can rationally come to the conclusion that God…

Original sin: “The ‘gift’ that keeps on giving”?

I imagine that most of you reading this blog post have heard the expression: “<fill in the blank> is the gift that keeps on giving.” According to YourDictionary.com, that expression is about a century old now; and it mostly like traces back to ads run by Victor-Radio, the company that had built and popularized phonographs…

Why Goodness can Only Come from God

In recent years, I have been on a non-stop journey to grow more in communion with God, to live out my Catholic faith as Christ has instructed, and to keep God’s grace and my salvation at the forefront of how I navigate all areas of my life. At the core of my navigating this amazingly…