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About admin

I am a Catholic clinical psychologist with a solo practice in Omaha, NE. In the Franciscan seminary, I completed about 2/3rd of an M.Div./MA in Scripture. In my 3rd year of temporary vows, I discerned a call to the married life. My lovely wife Mary and I have a son, Michael, as well as a number of children preceding us to Heaven through miscarriages. We are delighted to be in the Omaha archdiocese and love the Heartland.

Heaven and Home

Posted on July 19, 2014 by admin

When I was in the Franciscan seminary,  my novice director encouraged me to view things “under the aspect of eternity”. However, the setup of Western society is such that if we’re young and from a materially prosperous enough background, we can maintain the … Continue reading →

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The Love that Dare not Speak…Part II

Posted on July 11, 2014 by admin

(Please note: in the following, I use the term “gay” for people who have “come out” and either practice same-sex genital acts, or are open to such acts. “People with SSA” is a broader category, including both “gay” people as … Continue reading →

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The Love that Dare not Speak…Part I

Posted on July 4, 2014 by admin

The next two posts dealt with same-sex attraction from a Catholic and psychological perspective. My fear is that gay people or others with same-sex attraction (SSA) who read these posts may hear them as condemnation or rejection, and that is the last thing … Continue reading →

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The New Atheism – Part II

Posted on June 27, 2014 by admin

As I noted in “The New Atheism – Part I”, one of the New Atheism’s most striking flaws is its inability to account for the essential elements of being human. For example, one retreat director noted that, after an arduous … Continue reading →

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The New Atheism – Part I

Posted on June 20, 2014 by admin

My son and I have had many conversations on the “new atheism”, whose main proponents are Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens. Many aspects of the new atheism are alarming, chief being how rapidly it has spread and how widely and … Continue reading →

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The War on Manhood

Posted on June 16, 2014 by admin

It so happened that my wife and I attended an “Unbound” conference this Father’s Day weekend at a local parish. The conference, based on the book and ministry of the same name by Neal Lozano, deals with the ministry of … Continue reading →

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Creating a Catholic Home

Posted on June 6, 2014 by admin

I was reviewing the subtitle of this blog, “Thoughts from the heart on the new evangelization.” Something that I tend to take for granted, since it has been a part of our life for years, is the evangelizing power of … Continue reading →

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Men, Identity, and Friendships

Posted on May 30, 2014 by admin

Someone commented to me about a sentence from my “As the Deer Longs…” post: “For many men, our last experience of a really close male friend was in high school or college, although we may have many acquaintances.” She agreed that this seemed to … Continue reading →

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Heroes

Posted on May 23, 2014 by admin

With some of my clients, when it seems likely that their present difficulties have a lot to do with childhood influences, I’ll have them fill out a handout called a “Life Script”. The Life Script helps clarify how the client … Continue reading →

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To Kiss the Face of Christ

Posted on May 17, 2014 by admin

I went on a silent retreat about a month ago, and while there I got the news that someone in the extended family had died. Geographical distance made it impossible for me to get there very soon to comfort or … Continue reading →

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