SPIRITUALITY & DEVOTION

UNDERSTANDING LOVE

Every loving relationship has two parts, giving love and receiving love. A person must participate in both aspects for a healthy, loving relationship to...

GOD NEEDS YOU

Many moons ago, I was a youth minister. I’ll never forget the moment of my re-conversion in my late twenties. I told God, “If You...

VERANEANDO CON DIOS

En lugares como Wisconsin, donde los días fríos son más comunes que los soleados y la primavera a veces se siente más fría de...

THE DULL LOW PLACES

John Senior, a Catholic writer and educator, in his beautiful, perspective-shifting book The Restoration of Christian Culture said, “Restorations never start at the collapsing...

THE RICH YOUNG MAN & THE INTERIOR CASTLE

St. Teresa of Avila was a Carmalite nun who lived in the 16th century, and she worked for much of her life to reform...

A MARVELOUS EXCHANGE: THE DIALOGUE THAT IS THE MASS

On the surface of it, Mass is a fairly passive thing for the congregant. Besides standing, sitting, and kneeling, there are a handful or...

THE MAKING OF A MODERN DAY PHARISEE

The Pharisees get a bad reputation from the Gospels. Mainly because of Jesus’ interactions with them. While the Pharisees undoubtedly had an incredible desire...

WHAT POPE FRANCIS TAUGHT ME ABOUT MERCY

As we mourn the passing of our Holy Father, I think about the effect of his pontificate on me. Pope Francis’s relentless passion for...

RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME

I think we have all experienced instances of “wrong place at the wrong time” as well as “right place at the right time”. Sometimes,...

“I HAVE DONE YOUR WILL, LET ME NOT BE...

The Word of God is meant to be read humbly. It is not meant to be consumed and manipulated. Rather it is meant to...

REMEMBER WHEN?

Remember when:You’d spend a long day at the lake with your family—learning to ski, battling to see who could hold on longest to the...

A EULOGY FOR OUR DAUGHTER

I will never forget the day that we found out we were expecting a baby girl. After five boys I was surprised by this...

PAPA LEÓN XIV: EL PRIMER PAPA ESTADOUNIDENSE

Durante el año jubilar de la Esperanza y la temporada de Pascua, la elección del Papa León XIV marca un momento histórico para nuestra...

THE NEED FOR A GROWTH MINDSET & HUMILITY

As a former educator, many education buzz words were discussed during inservice days I attended. These words were meant to help us hone our...

SPREADING THE GOSPEL

We’ve all heard the adage, and perhaps used it ourselves: Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary use words. Erroneously attributed to...