I recently received an e-mail asking me to support Isaiah 58 Summer, an effort that is under way to protest Arizona’s SB 1070 bill. What a sham. Their web site twists the verbage of the bill in a way to serve their own purpose.
First, right at the beginning of their home page, they say, “SB [...]

As I’m reading through the January 2010 monthly newsletter of the Knights of Columbus Abbot Pennings Council #3955, an overwhelming feeling hits me, and that’s the feeling of pride.
I’ve been a knight for six years. I remember back when a friend of mine recruited me to become a member of this group. Though he explained [...]

In recent years, Catholics started recognizing those men who have responded to the call to priesthood. Priesthood Sunday is a simple way for us to reflect and be thankful for these gentlemen who have done so much to make our world a better place.
Most Catholic priests will never be famous. Most won’t make much of [...]

It seems that whenever I spend time with my buddies in the Our Lady of Lourdes Mens Group, it’s always a good day. Back on Dec 31, one of the guys e-mailed the group, offering up the idea of doing the Polar Plunge to help raise money for Special Olympics Wisconsin. Fast forward to yesterday, [...]

What a week this has been! Two significant events this week have filled my heart with gratitude and hope.
First, it’s difficult to describe how inauguration day made me feel. The only thing I can think of is to tell you the words that come to mind as I reflect on the day:
moved, inspired, proud, grateful, [...]

I just realized this morning that my favorite bible passage explains my position on taxes in America. There seems to always be an argument about whose taxes will go up and whose taxes will go down in any particular economic plan. Sen. Barack Obama has a plan that supposedly provides tax relief to the middle [...]

I teach religious education classes to high school sophomores and juniors at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. Two years ago, our pastor Fr. Tim Shillcox gave each of us teachers a pretty cool gift for Christmas. It’s a dove Christmas tree ornament. I’m the kind of guy that just loves gifts like this. I like [...]

The August 1, 2008 issue of The Compass has an article titled, “Priest shares insights on illegal immigration“, with a subtitle of “Fr. Rueter urges Catholics to look at economic issues behind illegal immigration.”
The overall tone of the article is nice. But unfortunately, it’s yet another example of a Catholic priest trying to appeal to [...]

My favorite TV news man died today. Tim Russert was the NBC Washington bureau chief, and for the past 17 years, moderator of Meet The Press. Russert was at the NBC studios in Washington this morning when he collapsed from a heart attack, what his doctor called a “sudden coronary thrombosis”. He died immediately.
When it [...]

I was just browsing around some old versions of scottcrevier.com on the Way Back Machine, and I came across this entry I posted back on December 12, 1999. It’s interesting to see this old stuff. See, as blogs go, mine took its current format two years ago. But I’ve really been blogging for 10 years [...]

Pope Benedict XVI will make his first papal visit to the United States in 2 weeks. I had been browsing around the web looking for some details on his trip, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that the Knights of Columbus have developed a nice web site with details, photos, maps, ticket information, etc. [...]

It’s been a month since I last wrote, but I’ve been thinking a lot. Quite a lot. And I realize that this blogger has been doing a lot of complaining and ranting lately. I don’t know why. I suppose it’s political season and I’m seeing and hearing a lot that I don’t like. But tonight, [...]