We should not presume that humanity is on some unremitting march of progress. History is better characterized as a series of advances and retreats. Things can turn on a dime.

The Author of Life puts on humanity and enters into the Story. The Word becomes flesh. The Almighty stoops to save. In a nutshell, ‘God saves.’

To be educated is to be led out of oneself. Industrial schooling does a dismal job of this. The Church must stop abdicating her educational responsibilities.

The job of elected officials isn’t to represent us, but rather to transfer as much public wealth as possible to various private interests.

There are now as many who claim no religious affiliation as there are Protestants and Catholics. These so-called ‘nones’ are not the heady pragmatists they like to think, but rather practitioners of a new faith.

In our upside down world things are unraveling fast. It’s impossible not to notice.

There is a perception that we have no established religion in the United Sates. This is wrong. The first amendment establishes a de facto religion.

We should not assume that we understand the world better than our ancestors. “We just see it differently – and may indeed be seeing less than they did.”

People often thank me for my service. This is always awkward. I never know how to respond. I finally figured out why.

This is a spiritual war, not a culture war. And spiritual war requires an entirely different type of warrior.