This article first appeared at: fireupministries.comIn my teen years, I believed that I could never be fully alive and happy if I lived according to the Church’s teachings on human sexuality. When I was about seventeen years old, I remember being at the gym, watching...
Who is to Blame for Suffering?
This article first appeared at: fireupministries.comLife throws us many curveballs, perhaps none as difficult as reconciling the existence of an all-good God with the reality of suffering and evil in the world.I remember reading a news article about a terrorist group...
Are You the Older Brother?
This article first appeared at: fireupministries.com Famously known as the Parable of the Prodigal Son, Luke 15 tells the story of a repentant son to his merciful father. We can all see ourselves in the sinful yet contrite son and God the Father in the forgiving...
If You Are What You Should Be, You Will Set the Whole World on Fire
This article first appeared at: fireupministries.com. A few years ago, a young woman approached me and said rather abruptly, “Why is it that you only talk about sex? There is so much more to the Catholic faith than just sex.” Although this isn’t entirely...