SPIRITUALITY & DEVOTION

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...

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,...