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Bully

Bully

    This doc­u­men­tary addresses a huge issue in many young peo­ples’ lives. It is not a fun movie to watch, but it is worth see­ing. The movie starts out show­ing the case of a young man who took his life because of bul­ly­ing, and then fol­lows sev­eral other young peo­ple who are suf­fer­ing from […]

Author Nicholas Sparks Puts Faith Into Action

Author Nicholas Sparks Puts Faith Into Action

I’ve enjoyed prac­ti­cally all the movies that were based on nov­els by Nicholas Sparks, but I didn’t know until yes­ter­day that he is Catholic and that his faith is very impor­tant to him. I guess that explains in part why he is so fas­ci­nated by human love. Love is what makes the world go round. […]

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

The movie ver­sion of the Hunger Games is about to hit the the­aters. It will be a huge event. Let’s take a moment to look at this story and see if we can draw any lessons from it for our own lives.   Scary World   Kat­niss Everdeen lives in a very cruel world. She and […]

Jeremy Lin: humility with success

Jeremy Lin: humility with success

It was an incred­i­ble eight days of bas­ket­ball last month as new­comer Jeremy Lin rose from nowhere to star­dom. Undrafted, cut from sev­eral teams, brought in just to shore up a tem­po­rary prob­lem at the New York Nicks, Jeremy was a very unlikely hero. Yet when he got his chance he played like an all-​​​​star; […]

Elizabeth: From chronic pain to Miss Michigan

Elizabeth: From chronic pain to Miss Michigan

I don’t know if this young woman is a woman of reli­gious faith, but I was very inspired when I hap­pened to read her story yes­ter­day. Here are the basics.   Eliz­a­beth Werten­berger loves to dance, in fact it seems that may have been what helped to over­come a child­hood dis­ease that doc­tors said should […]

Kylie Bisutti: From Victoria’s Secret to Role Model

Kylie Bisutti: From Victoria’s Secret to Role Model

Model Kylie Bisutti had the dream job, yet last month she sur­prised the fash­ion world by  leav­ing her posi­tion as the top model for Victoria’s Secret. She said her faith was key in this dra­matic deci­sion. Let’s take a brief look at Kylie’s life and the rea­sons for her deci­sion.   Kylie Bisutti had always […]

X Games Lady Snowboarder Shows Faith

X Games Lady Snowboarder Shows Faith

Just a short note. I was watch­ing the Win­ter X Games last night and saw an awe­some win by Kelly Clark on the half-​​​​pipe. She did tricks no other girl snow­boarder could do and seemed to sim­ply just be hav­ing fun rather than com­pet­ing in one of the most pres­ti­gious ath­letic events of the year. […]

Phillip Rivers and His Catholic Faith

Phillip Rivers and His Catholic Faith

I had always admired San Diego Charg­ers quar­ter­back as a top-​​​​class player and fierce com­peti­tor, but I didn’t know until today that he was Catholic and how much his Catholic faith and val­ues mean to him. Way cool!!! (Story here from The National Catholic Reg­is­ter: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/catholic-quarterback-philip-rivers-passes-on-the-faith/) Catholic Quar­ter­back Philip Rivers Passes On the Faith San Diego Chargers’ […]

Actor Mark Walhberg: Faith My Biggest Success

Actor Mark Walhberg: Faith My Biggest Success

This month’s release of the movie Con­tra­band has put actor Mark Wahlberg once again in the Hol­ly­wood spot­light. Mark recently did an inter­view on CNN about his faith walk that has got­ten a lot of atten­tion. Let’s look briefly at the dra­matic life jour­ney that Mark explains in that inter­view and see if we can […]

Tebow’s Crazy Season: Some Lessons

Tebow’s Crazy Season: Some Lessons

It’s been a pretty cool year for Tim Tebow and the Den­ver Bron­cos. All the NFL experts have con­tin­ued say­ing that Tebow can­not play suc­cess­fully as a quar­ter­back in the NFL. Yet Tebow and the Bron­cos actu­ally made it  to the play­offs and have just pulled off an unlikely vic­tory against the mighty Pitts­burg Steelers, […]