The New York Times declared that the book should be “required reading” for students and professors at the University of Colorado-Boulder, UMass-Amherst, Penn State, and Indiana University have followed this advice. The book is so popular that it can be found on the class syllabus in such fields as economics, political science, literature, and women’s …
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Up until the fall of 2020 I had never thought much about politics, racism, culture, or many of the issues that have our country so divided today. I did not vote in 2012 and the only reason I did in 2020 was that I suddenly began to open my eyes as to what was happening …
As a former competitive golfer who played collegiately at a reasonable level I was able to witness and come to understand the attributes that set the great golfers apart from the mediocre ones like myself. Some were gifted athletically and were bigger and stronger and capable of hitting the ball far which allowed them to …
“I am of the flesh, sold into slavery under sin. I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.… I can will what is right, but I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want, but the …
The world we live in has been corrupted by large corporations and the greedy executives that run them. Publicly traded corporations, especially, are constantly pressured by shareholders who purchase their stock and demand near term growth and income. If they do not perform their stock price will lag or decline which often leads to the …
As I stated at the end of part one of this story my wife and I had many events that led up to the point where we headed off to our respective colleges. I attended the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas where I usually wore shorts and a golf shirt on a daily …
I played golf for the University of St. Thomas where my coach was an older gentleman who had served in World War II. I was shocked when one day he told us he was not only non-Catholic but instead was an Atheist. This was especially surprising since I was attending a Catholic university where I …
So herein lies my dilemma. What does “turning your life over to God” really mean? I have complained to myself and to God that he has not listened to my thoughts and prayers for help. In doing so I have reduced God to nothing more than a genie in a bottle and became frustrated when …
Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered program that helps people struggling with addiction. While drugs, alcohol, and pornography are the usual addictions that come to mind it is common to find people hurting in numerous ways. As I have stated many times in other writings I feel there is a battle of good and evil being raged …
I believe that my pride and ego have gotten in my way for much of the past 30 years and instead of giving thanks to what I have been blessed with I have coveted what others have and in the process made myself feel inferior. I also need to come to terms with past failures …