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We Hold These Truths…
In America we settle disputes with ballots, not bullets. Fascists use bullets and...
Bishop Rene Gracida Passes Into Eternity
In the early morning hours of Friday, May 1, 2026, Bishop Rene Henry Gracida entered...
The Illumination Choice
Charlie's Brief #84 – Charlie shares some thoughts on the self-appointed moral...
Appearance and Reality: The Triumph Is On the Horizon
The feud between Pope Leo and President Trump is dominating a lot of Catholic...
A Champion Prepares a Cultural Gamechanger
You have probably heard by now that the last remaining criminal charge against David...
Imitate Him
I am repeating my traditional story of Good Friday today, “Epitaph.” But first I want...
Midterm Madness
A lot of people and commentators are deeply concerned the Republicans are going to...
Do Whatever He Tells You
I think I gave the wrong impression when I wrote passionately about Pope Leo’s...
The State of the Church: Perspectives & Possibilities
Charlie's Brief #83 – Charlie shares some thoughts on the state of the Church, a...
The Emerging New World Order
The candidate whose campaign I was managing, Kat Wall, was defeated in her bid to...
Transitions
Our community lost one of its charter supporters and friends to begin Lent. Anne...
The Real Lives of Saints
Charlie's Brief #82 – Charlie shares some perspective on the real lives of saints,...
Thoughts From the Texas Tundra
I spent most of my life in various parts of the often-frozen northern states of...
Hissing As They Pass From Our Sight
Charlie's Brief #81 – Charlie sheds some light on the alarming, but expected,...
Fire From Above – Candid Self-Assessment
I fretted a LOT before I published my last piece, Training for Trust. I could feel...
Training for Trust
Years ago, when I was visiting Alabama, I went to visit my sister at a Farmer’s Co-Op...
A Year of Reckoning for Islam
I first posted the following article on November 20, 2015. I wrote the first version...
The Beginning of Redemption
(It is Christmas…the Advent Season is over, yet I think it begins the second “week”...
Almost There
(I think a lot, these days, of looking back to the manger with the hopeful...
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