Shakespeare penned a seemingly eternal question: "What's in a name?" As the western hemisphere continues to be pummeled by storms, we are meeting people we hardly know. Not those named Irma, Jose, and Maria. Rather, the people impacted by the hurricanes who bear these names...........… 

When your favorite football team wins in Week 1 of the NFL season, life is good. In fact, hope becomes more than a theological virtue, like someone gave you the Powerball ticket with a grounded assurance that it's the winner........…   

The death, destruction, and devastation Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath have brought to our neighbors in Texas and Louisiana has been described as biblical, pointing to the plagues of the Old Testament. Meteorologists are predicting a similar level of destruction with Irma. Certainly, all this pain and suffering is not the desire of God........…   Read more >>

The deluging rain that has drowned several cities and towns in Texas, including Houston and Corpus Christi, compels many to react with compassion and empathy. Such reactions come from the best within us. As a nation seemingly divided by politics and ideologies, this natural disaster appears to evoke a supernatural response of care and kindness......…   

The now-historic Charlottesville weekend of almost two weeks ago eclipsed another riveting event just 280 miles south in Charlotte. The racial turmoil in Virginia grabbed the attention of the big sports story in neighboring North Carolina: American golfer Justin Thomas....…   

Good people try to avoid prison at all costs. Better people—Christian disciples—go to prison, because Jesus tells us to visit prisoners as one of the six behaviors by which we will be judged at the end of time......…   

The gospels from Mass read like Jesus' vacation chronicles: Last Sunday he went to the mountains, and this week he is at the seashore......…

We annually celebrate Columbus Day in October. Perhaps this year a summer commemoration would be more suitable. Today marks the 525th anniversary of Christopher Columbus sailing to the New World with the now-famous ships, Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria...…   

With President Trump discussing the power of his ability to pardon, concerns are abounding about the extent and nature of this executive privilege. Lawyers and judges will settle these matters and answer necessary questions in time..…   

Forty-eight years ago today, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon. This epic moment in space travel and research catapulted the profession and related industry of aeronautical engineering, a true boon for education and the economy.…