"The Right Case" is the Wrong Argument

Dr. Walter Zelman argues that there is a conservative case for the individual health insurance mandate, the cornerstone of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.As he states at the beginning of his article, Republican opposition to the law has been...

Reflections on "My Utmost" November 23 Part III

"Another thing that distracts us is our passion for vindication. St. Augustine prayed, “O Lord, deliver me from this lust of always vindicating myself.” Such a need for constant vindication destroys our soul’s faith in God. Don’t say, “I must explain myself,” or,...

Reflections on "My Utmost" November 23 Part II

"Beware of “the cares of this world . . .” (Mark 4:19). They are the very things that produce the wrong attitudes in our soul. It is incredible what enormous power there is in simple things to distract our attention away from God. Refuse to be swamped by “the...