Abraham's Journey
By Charlie Johnston “Wait on the Lord, Be of good courage and He will strengthen your heart, Wait, I say, on the Lord – Psalm 27 A few people have asked me why I have written so little about Pope Leo XIV. I operate under the theory that the head of any large organization, […]
Read More Be of Good Courage!By Charlie Johnston Yesterday morning I saw the full video of Iryna Zarutska’s murder on the Charlotte train for the first time. Though not nearly as gruesome as I feared, it was one of the most heartbreaking things I have ever seen. The vicious man stabbed her in the neck from behind three or four […]
Read More The Week the Music DiedBy Charlie Johnston I have thought long and hard about the world’s trajectory. It seems to me that God gave us a great gift, an opportunity for people of good will to start pushing back on the right track to rebuild a healthy culture. Still, I think we have a massive collapse coming, because we […]
Read More The World’s Babel Moment ApproachesBy Charlie Johnston It was late in the War of 1812, September 13, 1814, to be exact, just over three months before the war was formally ended. The British had unleashed a brutal attack of rockets and incendiary shells on Ft. McHenry in Baltimore Harbor. American patriots were fearful that Ft. McHenry – and perhaps […]
Read More By the Dawn’s Early LightBy 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 Hayti, Missouri – In 1978, when St. John Paul was elected Pope, I was very disturbed. For the first couple of months after his election, the media crowed that we finally had a “liberal” Pope – and things were going to change dramatically in the Church to catch it up to modern […]
Read More Something New is AfootBy Charlie Johnston Dallas, Texas – Ever since the turn of the millennium, I have argued that the left (in politics, media, and culture) has been following the path of dehumanizing opponents that is always the forerunner of prison and death camps. Ironically, murderously unhinged movements are almost always fueled by a bizarre sense of […]
Read More While Christians SleptBy 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 Houston, Texas – Registration for our National Conference, to be held in Atchison, Kansas on July 11-13, is now live at our Corac website. Our theme this year is, as noted above, Courage Under Fire. We have had some difficult times over the last decade. I maintain that those people who have […]
Read More Courage Under FireBy 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 Bishops
A Sign of Hope 