Moving Forward in a Debauched Society

      It's easy to blame today's moral regression as the product of 5 unelected government officials shoving their opinions down our throat at the expense of national spiritual well-being. The fact is that this is the result of a long-running and very deep moral rot that the Church has had trouble addressing for several decades. It's a fundamental problem of ministry, or any kind of attempt to convert somebody to your way of thinking: how do convince somebody who doesn't even accept your basic assumptions?

Dependability: The Supreme Virtue of Manhood

      The definition of what makes a man a man is anything but clear in today's culture. Is it simply possessing a y-chromosome and and a rather vulnerable body part in the pelvic region? Is it being super-ripped  and sleeping with as many women as you can get? Is it being sensitive and open enough to talk about your feelings? Is it making money and gaining power? Is it drinking beer A instead of beer B? I'm here to offer my observation on the single defining trait that separates the real men from the overgrown boys: Dependability.