Once I read an online article on the topic of guns and ammunition.  If you don’t know anything about guns and ammunition, fear not – the topic isn’t really my point.  In essence, the author was making a case through careful analysis, reasonable use of studies and statistics, and a dose or two of common […]

The last couple weeks I’ve been writing a paper on 1 Samuel.  It’s been an enjoyable project, and I hope the mark matches the effort!  Whatever the outcome there, a key verse that in some ways sums up the message of the book is as follows: The Lord does not look at the things people […]

Before I had my driver’s license (the American kind you get at 16, not the Irish one), I naturally had to rely on others to drive me places.  Usually this was my parents, but occasionally I’d catch a ride with a friend.  I can remember one particular occasion, where a friend who lived close by […]

Pope Francis is visiting Ireland this weekend, the first pope to come since 1979. Of course, much has changed since Donna Summer and the Village People were on top of the music charts. This time, instead of an adoring crowd equivalent to a third of the population of Ireland, the pontiff is walking into protests, […]