Abraham's Journey
By Charlie Johnston It was a contemplative and somewhat melancholy Father’s Day for me last week. My Dad passed suddenly last November, so this was my first without Dad in this world. It was also the first in which I am the oldest father in my family line. In fact, except for an aunt three […]
Read More Remembrance of Things Past; Anticipation of Things to ComeBy Charlie Johnston Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But they were defeated and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. (Rev. 12:7,8) A question: When did the war break out in heaven? According to Revelation […]
Read More On Earth As it is in Heaven…By Charlie Johnston I took the above picture of Fern Springs in Yosemite 11 years ago in the course of my pilgrimage. I played around with various filters and effects and loved the way it turned out. (Yeah, I know, don’t give up my day job.) It seems incongruous to the title of this piece, […]
Read More Gangster Government Gears up for WarBy Charlie Johnston Credible rumblings suggest that, before the spring is over, the Pope will effectively ban the Tridentine Mass altogether. While Pope Francis has made no secret of his contempt for the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM), that may or may not be true. A classic tactic of battle, either political or actual, is to […]
Read More To Orthodox Catholic Bishops: Channel Your Inner DavidBy Charlie Johnston I am primarily an autodidact, someone who is self-taught. I have some formal training, primarily in history and economics, but in most everything else my work is entirely the result of my own constant study since nearly the time I began to read. The virtue of an autodidact is that he often […]
Read More A Path to WisdomBy Charlie Johnston Before honest people can work together effectively on the way forward for Western Civilization, they have to work through their grief over the death of the American Republic. The late Elisabeth Kubler-Ross proposed the Five Stages of Grief people go through in dealing with the catastrophic loss of a loved one. For […]
Read More Grieving the Death of the RepublicBy Charlie Johnston I have not yet seen the movie, “Nefarious,” but I intend to as soon as I finally get settled at home. Our own Sheryl Collmer, managing editor of the CORAC Newsletter, wrote a marvelous review of it for Crisis Magazine. By all accounts, the movie depicts the most realistic description in popular […]
Read More The Devil’s PlaygroundBy Charlie Johnston This Sunday, April 23, we will hold a global meeting via ZOOM – and you are invited. It will be at 7 pm Eastern Time (6 pm Central, 5 pm Mountain, and 4 pm Pacific). I will speak briefly of the challenges before us, the resources CORAC offers to navigate this storm […]
Read More You ARe Invited to Our Global Meeting Sunday.By Charlie Johnston Amarillo, Texas – Sorry I have been slow at posting. After over six months on the road I have been running on fumes. Between meetings and events I have had to shepherd my strength to be solid for the meetings and events. I get home this weekend for a desperately needed deep […]
Read More World Gone ByBy Charlie Johnston South Bend, Indiana – In the 19th Chapter of 1 Kings, the prophet, Elijah, goes up in the mountain in search of God. While there he is buffeted by ferocious winds, a big earthquake, and the outbreak of a terrible fire. But God was in none of these. When a still, small […]
Read More The Seven Stages of Renewal
A Sign of Hope 