Monthly Archives: August 2011

On Martyrs: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Martyrs were a big part of the Catholicism of my youth and in fact at some level we Catholic kids aspired to die for our faith. Somehow, though, martyrs seemed to be a thing of the past. I now see … Continue reading

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On Doubting

There is a Texas story about how creation is sort of like a turtle on a fencepost. You know that turtle didn’t get there by itself! People like me are always looking for turtles on fenceposts — signs of God’s … Continue reading

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