Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Author at Integrated Catholic Life™

Idol Speculation

Posted by Fr. Dwight Longenecker | Mar 21, 2014 | Regular Feature |

I was brought up in an independent Bible church in the USA, so my first visit to a Catholic church...

Send My Roots Rain

Posted by Fr. Dwight Longenecker | Mar 8, 2014 | Living, Regular Feature |

When teaching my personal development course called ‘Ordinary Hero’ I show the students a picture...

The Practical Practice of Almsgiving

Posted by Fr. Dwight Longenecker | Feb 23, 2014 | Living, Regular Feature |

One of the dreariest tasks of a parish priest is to stand up and ask for money. One can almost...

Love God and Do as You Please

Posted by Fr. Dwight Longenecker | Feb 17, 2014 | Living, Regular Feature |

Sally’s baby was crying in church again. He didn’t howl during the hymns when it might have been excused as singing along. He screamed during the sermon and the prayers. He really screamed at that moment when the silence of...

Is Pope Francis a Reformer or Revolutionary

Posted by Fr. Dwight Longenecker | Jul 13, 2013 | Media, Spotlight |

From the first days of his papacy Francis has been hailed as a radical reformer. The mainstream journalists have enjoyed creating a new narrative: The shadowy Dan Brown-type Vatican (as we all know) is worm eaten with secret...