As Lent approaches, we all have an opportunity to change what will become of us by directing our thoughts to good and beautiful things. Like God.
Actor John Mahoney died and I've learned something about him that makes me like him even more.
My current weakness is actually a tremendous blessing. Suffering can be good for you. It is for me. Please read with an open mind.
A chance encounter leads to a man re-examining his own views on goulash and how to make it.
It's EASY to enjoy winter if you just have an open mind and an open heart.
It's not an exaggeration to say that I'm fighting for my life. The wisdom from an old business adage has been one of my best weapons. Here's how I'm winning the battle.
A year later, both the mystery and the amazement remains.
My friend Gwen O'Brien left her job at Saint Mary's College about nine months ago to help lead a new initiative out of Notre Dame called the Catholic Media Project.
The Polish people take a step in the opposite direction.
The author and poet Joyce Kilmer was a friend of Father Charles O'Donnell, CSC of Notre Dame back in the early 1900s. He wrote a famous little poem about trees that has often been suspected of being inspired by a... Continue Reading →
This past June, I took my sons to Fatima, Portugal. It was one of the best parenting moves I've ever made. I personally was so overcome with emotion that at one point I separated myself from our group, fell to my knees... Continue Reading →
Romance is great but it has little to do with true love. True love lasts, so it's important to recognize it when you see it.
An old friend gets ordained a bishop. We watch the livestream from 872 miles away. At the end, while he's leaving the church, he shows off an amazing new power of seeing us through a tv screen. Whoah! Mind. Blown.... Continue Reading →
A surprising oddity as we hiked the Camino de Santiago de Compestela was the dogs. Yes, the dogs.
Thoughts from the Side of the House... 