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What Ever Happened to Reason?

October 24, 2012 by Deacon Joel Schmidt 4 Comments
Photo by: Scout Tufankjian for Obama for America, used under creative commons license.

Civility in public discourse seems to be dead. When is the last time two candidates had a serious debate, a genuine exchange of ideas rather than accusations and zingers? Candidates seem to no longer champion ideas but rather simply represent ideologies. This is also a major challenge of the New Evangelization.

Posted in: Schmidt, Joel Tagged: Contraception, Debate, Digital Age, Faith, Fulfillment, G.K. Chesterton, Human Dignity, Joy, Jurassic Park, Karl Keating, New Evangelization, Politics, Reason, Truth, witness

Indivisible: Jay Richards on Embracing Incremental Change

August 16, 2012 by Deacon Joel Schmidt 2 Comments
Dr. Jay Richards

The culture doesn’t just have to change by revolutions. Lots of Catholic conservatives are up in arms these days. If it isn’t over Bishop Blaire expressing concerns about Paul Ryan’s budget proposal, it’s probably over Cardinal Dolan inviting President Obama to the Alfred E. Smith Dinner. “How dare they?!” we cry. When things don’t seem … [Read more…]

Posted in: Schmidt, Joel Tagged: Despair, Eschatology, Hope, Indivisible, James Robison, Jay Richards, Kingdom, morals, Politics, President Obama, Same-Sex Marriage, Secularist, St. Paul, The Good Fight, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Voting Guidelines for Catholics

Indivisible: Jay Richards on Natural Law and Reason

July 18, 2012 by Deacon Joel Schmidt 1 Comment
Indivisible: Restoring Faith, Family, and Freedom Before it's too Late

Christians need to facilitate dialogue without arguing politics and religion. Congratulations to last week’s giveaway winner Sally Pap! Enter to win a your own copy of Indivisible! Simply leave a comment here. Next Wednesday, July 25, we will randomly select this week’s winner. Giveaway sponsored by The Maximus Group. You also can buy Indivisible from Ignatius … [Read more…]

Posted in: Schmidt, Joel Tagged: Contraception, Dissident, Encyclical, Faithful, Family, Government, Health and Human Services, Health Care, Humane Vitae, Indivisible, James Robison, Jay Richards, Marriage, Morality, Natural Law, Nature, Obamacare, Orthodox, Planned Parenthood, Politics, Public Square, Reason, Religion, Revelation, Rights, Secularist, Voting Guidelines for Catholics

The Curious Case of the Cursing Catholic Coach

September 7, 2011 by Deacon Joel Schmidt 8 Comments

How should Catholics respond when other Catholics publicly misrepresent the Church? That’s really the fundamental question. It has been before American Catholics ever since September 12, 1960 when John F. Kennedy, in a televised speech in Houston, essentially disavowed the influence of the Catholic faith on his political choices. With regard to politicians, U.S. bishops … [Read more…]

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