Abraham's Journey
By Charlie Johnston It was with deep sorrow I learned of the passing last night of Madison Bishop Robert Morlino. Bishop Morlino had written the clearest clarion call for reform in the Church after the scandals started breaking of any Bishop in the country. He was truly a sign of hope – and I had […]
Read More We Lost a Good One Last NightBy Charlie Johnston I am in Alabama right now, to spend Thanksgiving with family. I’ve been quiet for the last week – mainly out of sheer exhaustion from several month’s intensive work. At this time last week I arrived in Baltimore for the annual Bishop’s Conference. I attended Michael Voris’ protest rally. It was on […]
Read More How Much Further Until We Hit Bottom?(I am in Baltimore right now. Regular readers know I have a somewhat ambivalent take on Michael Voris’ Church Militant. Voris is a brilliantly talented man who delves into troubling things in the Church better than anyone else out there – but I get annoyed at times because I think he sometimes lets his narrative […]
Read More The Ballad of the Ordinary Man, Part II RevisitedBy Charlie Johnston The iron rule of economics and of human behavior: What you reward you get more of and what you punish you get less of Conventional wisdom says that the election was a split decision – with Democrats picking up the House and Republicans adding to their majority in the Senate. Conventional […]
Read More A Year of Judgment(Beckita is right that the last two weeks have been frantically busy for me. I start here by reprising the First Installment of the Ballad. It was published last April – and re-reading it, seemed incredibly apropos for the day before election in America-CJ) By Charlie Johnston Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore […]
Read More The Ballad of the Ordinary Man, Part 1 ReprisedBy Charlie Johnston A dear friend sent me the above picture. I thought it was strikingly insightful. In the late spring, a poor Utah teenage girl, Keziah Daum, was subjected to a hysterical online mob accusing her of “cultural appropriation.” Her crime? She chose to wear a beautiful Chinese-style dress to prom. How sad that […]
Read More Final Pre-Election ThoughtsBy Charlie Johnston The establishment media has a very big decision to make in the next day or two. The most under-reported current story in America is that, nationwide, Republicans are swamping Democrats in early voting. For over a year, the constant narrative in the establishment media and among Democrats is about unprecedented Democrat enthusiasm […]
Read More Weighty Choices at HandBy Charlie Johnston I am not in Denver right now…haven’t been for over a month. I am working on a pro-life project…continuing to hoe the garden, as it were, as best I can for as long as I can. In the last week, I met with one very faithful traditionalist Catholic who nervously informed me […]
Read More Keep Your Eyes on JesusBy Charlie Johnston I know a little something about extended hikes, having walked 3,200 miles across much of the country in 2011 and 2012. Some things about this massive caravan coming through Mexico in an effort to invade the US strike me as strange. First off, they seem to be averaging almost 100 miles a […]
Read More Getting Un-Stuck From Stupid – Short TakesI was deeply moved by the letter of this young Italian girl, Sara Mansardo, to the Bishops on the occasion of the Synod on Youth. It was highlighted in the Moynihan Letters. It speaks of the hunger of young people – of all people – for the meat of sound doctrine, the doctrine that gives […]
Read More An Italian Girl’s Appeal to the Bishops
