Posts by Michael Throop

There are wars, inflation, discontent, and in our younger population, a sense of disconnection, loss, and loneliness. But there is also something greater than all of it.

What influence can we bring in our secular and polarized world? What is the price of speaking up? What is the cost of spite from those in our midst?

We watched the highly acclaimed film Father Stu via Amazon Prime, and it is the most riveting two hours I have witnessed in a long time.

A song, a sidewalk, and a Kelly green 1956 manual-shift Ford station wagon help me appreciate Father’s Day.

There was tumult, bloodshed, hatred, family conflict, and loneliness in Christ’s time, too.

Dear Graduates: Our Blessed Mother is walking with you, today and always.

“This saying is hard; who can accept it?” Jesus’ response, basically, is “What did you expect? An echo chamber?”

Move from being a “doubter”, like the troubled Thomas, to a believer.

I find it curious, and heartening, that God should choose only a few people, those on the periphery of society, to witness events involving his Son that changed the world.

Our humanness is why Christ was born one of us, and why he died for us. All are welcome to rejoice in His Obedience, even unto death, and his rising, leading us all to new life.