At a certain age, kids love to throw things at each other, get each other really dirty. Say hitting your brother with a big, juicy rotten tomato right out of the garden — it makes a satisfying splat and a wonderful mess.…
« read »Dear Dave,I’m six months away from being debt-free, except for my home. Recently, I’ve run into an issue with my sister, who has a good job, but continually makes poor choices with money. Over the last six months, she has also asked…
« read »Today we celebrate the feast of St. Boniface on what is the 16th anniversary of my ordination to be your bishop. Many of you were not yet even in the seminary in 2008 and most of you were not yet priests. Over…
« read »My grandfather founded a small meat packing business in Fort Worth (Taylor Dressed Beef) and worked at it very hard for many years. He had to make many sacrifices in order to succeed, worked long hours, going in to work very early…
« read »One of our most cherished images from the Bible is that of the shepherd and his sheep, so I am pleased that among the readings that we have for Cody’s ordination to the priesthood is the 23rd Psalm and a portion of…
« read »Dear Dave,My husband and I have been very blessed financially over the course of our lives. We make a little over $200,000 a year combined, and we currently have a net worth of around $4 million. But what do you do when…
« read »One of the biggest misconceptions people have about the teaching of Jesus has to do with his commandment of love. You recall when Jesus was asked, “What is the greatest commandment of the law,” and we are told that the answer was…
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I have grown up around strong women — my mother, my grandmothers, my aunts and my friends. And I can honestly say that I have been blessed by these women in my life. They have shaped me into who I am today,…
« read »We live in a culture that has been impoverished by individualism, which is made all the worse by the fact that as a society we value personal autonomy at the expense of the common good. Our national myth is that of the…
« read »Today is the Vocations Day for Central Arkansas Catholic Schools, a day when we gather fifth-grade grade boys and girls and invite you to consider whether the Lord may be calling you boys to serve him as a priest or as a…
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