THE DOCTOR IS IN I wrote this piece in celebration of the feast day of Saint Thomas Aquinas. This great thirteenth century Dominican friar was a man who reflected deeply about life His reflections highlight that greatest of the cardinal virtues, that of wisdom. Wisdom, or prudence as Saint Thomas might have put it, means … [Read more…]
Welcome to Christmas mania 2012. ‘Tis the season for buying gifts. On TVs, radios, and computers, the advertisements pour forth. Black Friday. Cyber Monday. Buy this…no this…maybe that. If you truly love your wife, nothing says love like diamonds and mounting credit card debt. The mailbox is stuffed with catalogues. A tidal wave of slick advertising commands us to buy, buy, buy. … [Read more…]
What can you say about a senseless murder? I just learned of the murder of Father Ed Everitt, O.P. in Waveland, Mississippi. He was the priest who catechized me as I entered the Catholic Church in Holy Cross parish in Atlanta many years ago. I was stunned and then I remembered how he impacted me. … [Read more…]
I remember reading in the late 1980s that because of computers and their productivity we were entering a world of limitless free time, a calm and creative age. Instead, as the theologian Colin Gunton observed, our world is “chiefly marked by its level of rush, frenetic busyness, and stress.” Indeed our lives have been consumed … [Read more…]
The speed and amount of data coming at us on our computers, laptops, and cellphones, and soon through our glasses and watches, is startling. The average American spends eight and a half hours in front of a screen. We produce every two days as much information as existed from the dawn of time until 2003. … [Read more…]