Abraham's Journey
By Charlie Johnston I don’t think my sporadic bouts of illness have much to do with my health (though I am delighted to have most of my bodily systems booted back up after my recent bout with Covid). Rather, I think health issues are one of the leashes, prods, and canes God uses to direct […]
Read More It is Now Us in His Winnowing FanBy Charlie Johnston Houston, Texas – When I was a little boy, just after starting elementary school, I became a great admirer of President Kennedy. Every time he gave a speech on all the networks, I watched raptly. Of course, I had the mind of a child, so I did not always properly interpret what […]
Read More The Revolution Gathers ForceBy Charlie Johnston Front Royal, Virginia – Dear Bishops, Though I have not lived in Chicago for nearly two decades, I remain a Cubs and a Bears fan. Even when they are terrible (and I have lived through plenty of that), despite the grousing and complaining, I want them to do well – or at […]
Read More An Affectionate Letter to Our BishopsBy Charlie Johnston Charleston, South Carolina – Back in the day, when dealing with malevolent opposition, if I had a chance to draw them into battle that would reveal their malevolence, I would take it even if the odds of prevailing in the particular battle were nearly non-existent. Revealing, in a high-profile way, the malevolence […]
Read More Whom God Would Destroy…By Charlie Johnston Tallahassee, Florida – I have told the story of watching 9-11 in real time and exclaiming to my friend watching with me that the towers were about to collapse. I had seen them shudder just a few minutes before the first tower came down. My friend, a fellow long-time political operative, had let […]
Read More Make All Things New AgainBy Charlie Johnston Thomasville, Georgia – Our own Steve Baker formulated one of the more penetrating questions to a piece I wrote a few days ago that I decided to answer his question in the form of another column. First, it would be good for you to look at the column in question (or, at […]
Read More Unifying the Spiritual and the MaterialBy Charlie Johnston Huntsville, Alabama – As Pope Francis slyly accuses Israel of genocide for having the temerity to defend itself against another 40 years of terrorist-fueled rape, torture, and murder emanating from Gaza, serious Catholics around the world ask themselves, “How long, O Lord?” Planned Parenthood is caught negotiating for viable fetuses, tiny babies, […]
Read More The Turning of the TideBy Charlie Johnston Covington, Louisiana – Matt Gaetz would not have been my choice for Attorney General. If I wanted to take a blowtorch to the place and the bulldoze the rubble so it could never target honest Americans for disagreeing with the government narrative, he is the perfect guy to send. Maybe Gaetz would […]
Read More Ever Bold, Never BrashBy Charlie Johnston Queens, New York – At times, when feeling playful in my research, I have gone on deep dives back decades, even over a century, looking at newspapers for general trends. It was on one of these forays that I discovered that if a president wanted to build a successful term, he would […]
Read More Signs and WondersBy Charlie Johnston Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – I’m going to try to do briefer pieces every day or two until at least election. Things have gotten so crazy that to try to do any sort of comprehensive stuff is truly like trying to drink from the proverbial fire hose. But we can do some postcards on […]
Read More We’re On Our Own
A Sign of Hope 