As Catholics, we believe that God created us with free will, meaning that we decide for ourselves to love God and seek to follow his commandments; or we can choose to reject or ignore God.

Maybe this is not your parenting approach. You do what works for you. I’ll be over here watching a happy child lick his spoon.

How do you come up with thousands of column ideas over the course of half a century even as you are devoting your life to so many other ministries – including an immensely popular radio show that reached audiences across the country?

Whether you are young, like Mary, or older, like her cousin Elizabeth, this summer set aside some time to reach out to someone who is not from your own age cohort. If you do, your life, and the lives of others, will be richly blessed.

I’ve long admired Father Joe Breighner’s work.

There wasn’t quite enough for another double-crusted pie, but I could maybe make a tart.

Congress XIII participants can take heart from the consecrated men and women who for decades courageously spoke truth to power as they called for the inclusion of the cultural contributions of Black Catholics to the Catholic Church during those troubling times before the Baltimore-based National Black Catholic Congress Inc. (NBCC) was established.

Information pointing out the profoundly negative effects of marijuana use continues to grow, in direct correlation with the severity of these effects.

I don’t want to fear diversity, or become that person who mutters, “I don’t want to get involved.”

The fruits that came from that regular “visit” were undeniable — peace, direction, clarity, further commitment to my faith.