The Singing in the Wood

One of my favorite places in Oregon, Astoria on the north coast, celebrates its bicentennial this year.  I've been visiting Astoria (as...

One could say it's been one of those weeks in our neck of the (soggy) woods.  It began with my wife Kimberly being hospitalized last we...

With May 21st come and gone, it's easy to make light of the people predicting the end of the world yesterday.  As I was doing a little r...

I had a lot to choose from to write on this evening.  First, I was tempted to write on the benefits of humor, then there was the lesson on c...

As some of you may have heard, I had the good fortune to be on KBVM 88.3 FM in Portland last week.  In case you missed the broadcast, pleas...

First things first...  Apologies to one of my favorite Catholic fiction writers, J.R.R. Tolkien.  I couldn't resist a little fun with th...

After watching the (recorded) Royal Wedding, I started thinking about the complicated issue of liturgical music in the context of the Cathol...