Abraham's Journey
By Charlie Johnston Canterbury, New Hampshire – I am a fan of Harry Bosch, the tough, hard-bitten fictional Los Angeles Police Detective created by author Michael Connelly. Passionately devoted to justice, Bosch is nobody’s fool and not easily duped. The same cannot be said for Connelly – who is easily duped by his desire to […]
Read More Insurrect This!By Charlie Johnston Butler, Pennsylvania – Donald Trump began his remarks at the Butler rally on Saturday, Oct. 5, with the words in the headline, a wry reference to the interruption of the assassination attempt at the first Butler rally on July 13. The crowd roared its approval. I was sitting in the shade of […]
Read More As I Was Saying…By Charlie Johnston Ann Arbor, Michigan – Today, Thursday, Sept. 26, would have been my Dad’s 87th birthday. August 24th would have been my Mom’s 84th birthday. (For those of you clever with math, yes that does mean Dad was 18 when I was born and Mom was 15 – but they had been married […]
Read More Contemplations of a Road WarriorBy Charlie Johnston Libertyville, Illinois – Coming to my old home state of Illinois I know what an athlete must feel like visiting his old home stadium 25 years after he has retired. It is intimate in that he knows every nook and cranny of it, including every mound and soft spot on the playing field. […]
Read More Approaching the RubiconBy Charlie Johnston Omaha, Nebraska – I departed home yesterday for my latest missionary tour. About 70 miles northeast of Denver, a prairie fire swept across the road just before Wiggins, Colorado. After sitting for 15 minutes in the backed-up traffic, my GPS announced that the road ahead was now closed. Taking a gander at […]
Read More The Revolting Jezebel Revolt(The piece below appeared in the latest issue of our CORAC National Newsletter. If you don’t already read the CORAC site, you should. If you miss an issue, you miss a lot. I am convinced that this election is not going to be a resolution of the battle that has been simmering in American society […]
Read More The Braveheart ElectionBy Charlie Johnston A couple of days ago. CNN’s newest anti-Trump activist, Caitlin Collins appeared on Stephen Colbert’s late night show. She ‘explained’ how Donald Trump is fumbling and struggling with how to attack Kamala Harris, an accomplished black woman. Colbert leaned into her and said, seriously, that “we all know that CNN is objective […]
Read More Dead Press TalkingBy Charlie Johnston “Woe unto the world because of offenses! For it must needs be that offenses come, But woe to that man by whom the offence comes.” -Matthew 18:7 On Friday, July 5, the Vatican found Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano guilty of schism and excommunicated him. Vigano’s criticism of Pope Francis and the […]
Read More OffensesBy Charlie Johnston Occasionally, I have noted that our lack of understanding of the customs and mores of Roman-occupied Jerusalem have caused us to dramatically misinterpret the import of many of Jesus’ sayings. Everything He did and said was designed to enhance the dignity of the human person. For example, the Lord said that if […]
Read More Comes a Mighty WindBy Charlie Johnston For all those who have called and emailed lately, I have not been as responsive as I like to be. I am consumed by final revisions to the CORAC Manual. On Friday I sent out the first section to the executive team and the board for comment and review. Two more are […]
Read More Republicans Must Nationalize the Election
A Sign of Hope 