Journey Back to Bethlehem

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 […]

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Three Crises: 1) America

By 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 […]

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Cast Into the Deep

By 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 […]

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The Mission of the Christ

By 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 […]

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The Strickland Saga

By 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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The New Backup Plan

By Charlie Johnston When I was a younger man (that is to say middle-aged and before), when public leaders erred and made things worse they would often make excuses or try to explain why it was not their fault. Tiresome, but a common human trait. It is only with the last three holders of the […]

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What is Truth?

By Charlie Johnston I have often spoken of how, many decades ago, I came to the understanding that authentic prophecy is not so much that men may fathom the mind of God as it is that they may see the spiritual reality behind certain temporal events. That means that a solid prophecy is cause for […]

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Welcome to Armageddon

By Charlie Johnston Mt. Meeker, Colorado –  Send not to know for whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee. – John Donne Many Christians assume that Armageddon and the Apocalypse are synonymous. Up until about 25 years ago, I was one of them. The Apocalypse is the final sequence of events leading to the […]

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