Abraham's Journey
By Charlie Johnston Many have commented that my piece going into the New Year was very dark. I understand how it might seem that way, but it actually was not. Every great crisis involving some sort of great dysfunction has roughly four stages: revelation, confrontation, conflict and resolution. Ever since I started writing publicly about […]
Read More The Hope of the New YearBy Charlie Johnston (As the mouthy ignorant and uninformed are busily trying to jettison the electoral college once more, I repeat a piece I first wrote for a secular publication long ago. I originally wrote this little piece on the Electoral College in 2008. It was first published in the Chicago Daily Observer and then, a […]
Read More Electoral College FolliesBy Charlie Johnston “Wait on the Lord: Be of good courage and he will strengthen thine heart: Wait, I say, on the Lord.” – Psalm 27:14 When entering uncharted ground that carries many potential dangers, the wise man proceeds with extreme caution. The fool insists he has already figured out the topography and goes charging […]
Read More Let Us Be Off to JerusalemBy Charlie Johnston This Christmas has a distinctive “Last Supper” vibe to it. Almost everyone I know believes we are at the very edge of starkly world-changing events in every aspect of society and culture. It is both striking and unsettling. I also believe it is right. We are like animals in the forest before […]
Read More The Christmas of Our DiscontentBy Charlie Johnston Boy, do I miss the days when the question, “Is the Pope Catholic?” was just rhetorical. These last few months of Francis’ Papacy have reminded me of the closing sequence of The Godfather. In those scenes Michael Corleone piously stands as godfather at his nephew’s baptism, while his henchmen kill off all […]
Read More How Low Can We Go?By Charlie Johnston Thomasville, Georgia – I have decided to hold off on writing the second and third installments of the three crises until after the first of the year. This penitential season is in joyful preparation for the coming of Our Redeemer. There will be time enough for recriminations later. In the meantime, a […]
Read More Journey Back to BethlehemBy Charlie Johnston Helena, Alabama – This is the first of three articles that will take a look at three crises – the one in America, the one in the world, and the one in the Church. There are many crises rocking America. Like the sudden cascade of organ failure at the end of a […]
Read More Three Crises: 1) AmericaBy Charlie Johnston Tyler, Texas – It is nearly three years since I and a group of CORAC members attended the J6 protests in Washington, D.C. I wrote my angry piece about the coverage of it a few days later -and people are still warning me that I am under surveillance and that I had […]
Read More Cast Into the DeepBy Charlie Johnston Dallas, Texas – I am ashamed. I had a lovely, private group dinner meeting in Dallas on Thursday evening. The presentation went very well, very focused on key practical things people need to keep as priorities as we navigate the flood of disorder rising against us. Then, in the Question and Comment […]
Read More The Mission of the ChristBy Charlie Johnston Mico, Texas – Early in his pontificate, Pope Francis said he wanted to, “make a mess,” and urged young people to do the same. With the normalization of transgenderism in the Church and the approval for blessing same sex unions, combined with the dismissal of two orthodox Bishops for vague or no […]
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A Sign of Hope 