20 year old Kelly Faughnan was diagnosed with a brain tumor just before Thanksgiving in 2008. After having it removed one of the things she told her parents she wanted to do was go to a college football awards show to see Tim Tebow this year. At a function in Disney the day before the Heisman ceremony this month Faughnan … Read More
Drive Safe!
This is a powerful video from the Transport Accident Commission (warning: it’s pretty graphic): h/t Jill Stanek So many deaths and life altering injuries are caused by traffic accidents – and they’re not always the result of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. When I wrecked 10 years ago I simply was not paying attention. I wasn’t even … Read More
TOB Tuesday: The Word Made Flesh
Because we are still in the Christmas season and because it is so significant, I want to re-post some of what I posted last week from Steve Pokorny’s Catholic Exchange article on the REAL meaning of Christmas: Have you ever really listened to “Oh come, all ye faithful?” Check out the third verse: Yea, Lord, we greet Thee Born this … Read More
Tebow Pro-Life Super Bowl Commercial Buzz
Lord knows I am not one to post rumors or speculation, but I’m hoping with all my heart that this one is true. From the Colorado Springs Independant: [d]uring the (Super Bowl) telecast, mixed in among all the hilarious, watch-my-wife-Susie-blow-beer-out-of-her-nose commercials, there may be a 30-second, anti-abortion ad from our very own Focus on the Family. Really. A Super Bowl … Read More
Holy Innocents, Past and Present
Today, December 28, the Church remembers the “Holy Innocents” who lost their lives in Bethlehem. Then it was all boys age two and under who were put to death at the hands of King Herod and his soldiers because of Herod’s fear of the prophecy of the Messiah. Now over 4,000 innocent children lose their lives every day in this … Read More
Pics from Paradise
As promised, here are a few pictures from my trip to Panama City Beach last week. Hopefully you don’t find this too boring. It was just so beautiful I have to share: We had an excellent view right outside our condo! Nothing beats a gulf coast sunset! Except, perhaps, being able to watch it every night right in your back-yard. … Read More
Cute Baby Cousin Blogging
Merry Christmas, dear readers! I’m slowly recovering from a nice, relaxing, week-long vacation and a few very loooong days of traveling. On our way back home from Panama City Beach on Wednesday we stopped in Irondale, AL – home to EWTN – to visit my uncle and his wife (who used to work for EWTN) and their 10 month old … Read More
TOB Tuesday: The REAL Meaning of Christmas
Steve Pokorny writes at Catholic Exchange: Have you ever really listened to “Oh come, all ye faithful?” Check out the third verse: Yea, Lord, we greet Thee Born this happy morning; Jesus, to Thee be all glory giv’n; Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing. GLORY In the public square, the Second Person of the Trinity was proclaimed by … Read More
Congratulations Pro-Life Bloggers!
Congratulations to the 2010 Pro-Life Blog Award winners! Best News and Reporting Award – Stand for Life Pro-Life Instigator Award for Activism – Operation Rescue Best Pro-Life Apologetics Award – Life Training Institute Blog Pro-Life Whistleblower Award – Pro-Life Defender Pro-Life Unity Award – Fr. Frank’s Blog And congratulations to Best Overall Pro-Life Blog – Catholic Fire! I’m honored to … Read More