SPIRITUALITY & DEVOTION

A TIME TO REAP AND A TIME TO SOW

The air is becoming crisp. Fog hugs the grass and trees in the mornings. Leaves are slowly turning from green to orange and red....

THE OLDEST TRICK IN THE BOOK

The biggest issue of sin is that it makes us ignore Truth. The first dishonesty of sin is that when we commit it, we...

GROWING UP WITH YOUR KIDS

I remember the day I decided that I was going to venture outside of the house with my first child by myself. I was...

PSALM 91

Psalm 91: “Under His wings, you will find refuge” I have been reading a book recently called Walking with God by Tim Gray and Jeff...

THE DENTIST & THE CONFESSIONAL

Possibly the greatest pain that I have ever experienced in my life was when I was in need of a root canal. The pain...

SPORTS, A FAT MAN, & INTERIOR PEACE

I do not watch much TV anymore. I used to watch TV all the time. Actually, I used to watch sports and sports related...

LOVE CAN HEAL THE HURTS

I want to revisit a blog post I wrote awhile back, because it feels timeless, especially now, during Mental Health Awareness month. Scrolling through social...

EL TIEMPO DE LA CREACIÓN

El libro del Génesis inicia con una afirmación poderosa: “En el principio creó Dios, los cielos y la tierra”. Este versículo, más que marcar...

THE UNKINDNESS OF LIFE

 “I want to be a child climbing trees somewhere, breathing in the fresh, outside air, before I knew this life was unkind.” These are...

THE SLOW AND STEADY OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE

I recently had the opportunity to attend a St. Paul’s Center for Biblical Theology Priest Conference. I am not a priest, but I have...

MAKING NEW FRIENDS – SOME TIPS FOR GROWN UPS

Do you remember that feeling of the first few days of a school year? The crisp, fresh feeling of back-to-school clothes; the stiff click...

THE FREEDOM OF HUMILIATION

I have spent most of this summer praying and thinking about the connection between intimacy with the Lord and humiliation. It is not a...

WHAT IS THE CATHOLIC ‘BOTH/AND’?

If you take time to study Catholicism and its spirituality, you have undoubtedly come across the notion of the Catholic ‘both/and.’ This is the...

I DO NOT LIKE TO DANCE

I do not like to dance. I have never enjoyed moving my body creatively to express emotion, at least not in the modern sense....

JUST DO IT (BADLY)

I have always loved the start of a new school year. Meticulously writing my full name on each and every Crayola, coordinating my Book...