jbullock860Feb 93 minConquer Evil by Doing GoodHead… In the face of recent political developments, our skepticism about the electoral system, government, the media, and social media ha...
jbullock860Dec 9, 20204 minLiving Unplugged to ConnectHeart… Recently someone recommended that I read ‘The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry’ by John Mark Comer. As expected, the book observes th...
jbullock860Nov 23, 20203 minThanksgiving in Difficult TimesHeart… In 1621 William Bradford’s pilgrims at Plymouth together with native Americans celebrated the first of what we have come to know a...
jbullock860Nov 2, 20203 minThe Gates of HellHeart… These are uneasy times. The political and social tension in our country seems to be reaching new heights. Riots and violence in th...
jbullock860Sep 19, 20205 minListening for GodHead... How do we know when God is speaking with us? How do we discern his voice? As with any dialogue, there is someone who speaks and s...
jbullock860Sep 5, 20206 minIn Memory of Frank PierceHeart... [From the funeral homily of Frank Pierce – September 4, 2020 – printed with permission of the family. After the homily is a med...
jbullock860Aug 24, 20204 minListen to One AnotherHead… As a priest, I frequently am asked for advice, and I willingly give it. At times, I give it even when not asked. Not surprisingly, ...
jbullock860Jul 10, 20203 minDecidedly JoyfulHeart… St. John Paul II had already been bishop in Cracow for some years and in a non-stop struggle with the Polish Communist regime to p...
jbullock860Jun 11, 20202 minPray for AmericaHeart… The Allied troops occupied Post-World War II Austria. American, British and French troops were in the western part of Austria, and...
jbullock860Apr 25, 20203 minCoronavirus & God's WrathHead... With all the upheaval and suffering caused by the Coronavirus, whether illness or death, economic hardship or emotional strain, m...
jbullock860Apr 2, 20203 minSomething Beautiful is HappeningHeart… There are now two weeks of the Coronavirus behind us, with apparently four more weeks of quarantine on the horizon. Our first thou...
jbullock860Mar 19, 20203 minA Spiritual Strategy for CoronavirusHeart… This Lent is the most unique I have seen in my lifetime. Apart from our usual Lenten practices, the Corona Virus quarantine has i...
jbullock860Feb 22, 20203 minMay Catholics Fight?Head… As a Catholic in today’s world, it can be easy to get discouraged or even angry. It seems that society is getting further and furth...
jbullock860Jan 3, 20203 minThe Embrace of MarriageHeart… [from a wedding homily] What word, what image can reflect the vocation of marriage and family? Many words relate to the vocation, ...
jbullock860Nov 6, 20194 minKnow Your Story, Tell Your StoryHead... There is something profoundly human about a story; it is something that we as Catholics must rediscover. A story has power.
jbullock860Oct 1, 20192 minSmall Gesture, Big HeartHeart... The other morning I was in the McDonald’s drive-through to get breakfast. It was a two-lane drive-through, and sure enough, my ...
jbullock860Sep 4, 20191 minSubverted: How I Helped the Sexual RevolutionReview… Sue Ellen Browder. Subverted – How I Helped the Sexual Revolution Hijack the Women’s Movement. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 201...
jbullock860Aug 28, 20193 minWe Accept Everyone as They AreHead… I have frequently seen church signs, advertisements or bumper stickers that say something to the effect of, ‘we accept everyone her...
jbullock860Aug 20, 20193 minBack to WorkHeart… I just finished vacationing with the priests and brother from my local community, five of us in total. It was our ‘family’ vacatio...
jbullock860Jul 9, 20193 minGod Bless AmericaHead... ‘God bless America, land that I love, Stand beside her and guide her, Through the night with the light from above’ [Irving Berlin...