June’s “Unity Forum” in Augusta, GA, gathered leaders and lay people from many different Christian denominations to discuss the scandal of division within the Body
When I started leatherworking as a hobby more than a decade ago, one of my early projects was making belts for an entire monastery of
My son Joseph and I make pancakes together almost every Sunday morning. We have fun and make a delicious breakfast for the family. My wife
A friend of mine was stationed in Naples, Italy, for several years. When I asked him what he thought of it, he told me that
Middle schoolers love dirty words. A few weeks ago, I chaperoned a bunch of them on a trip to Tybee Island. Riding home with my
For a parent with six small(ish) children, Mass can feel like a rodeo. I’ve got to lasso a bunch of wandering little minds and try
Another war. Lord, have mercy. I don’t know that I have enough information to weigh in on the newly minted war against Iran. I consider
Cold showers are awesome. Just kidding. I hate them. Who doesn’t? But I still took one every day for over a year. Every day. I
Netflix’s breakout film of 2025 was an animation about a trio of female singers who secretly fight…. demons? Yeah, demons! As of this writing, KPop
At the post office the other day, I recognized a young woman who graduated from the small Christian school my children attend. She seemed upset
Last year, I participated in the formal rite of exorcism with the local diocesan exorcist. While this was not my first encounter with demons, it
In January, I attended my final session of the Alleluia School of Spiritual Direction. The topic of the two-week session was spiritual healing, and after
Midlife crises can be downright stupid. Mine came in the form of an inspiration to try jiu-jitsu for the summer. I’m 47. Everything started out
I paid off my student loans the year I turned 41. A nervous breakdown in my twenties made me to default on the loans. The
A month or so ago, I started praying the Chaplet of the Holy Face of Jesus with my family. I’d never heard of this prayer
My uncle, Fr. Jim, is a born evangelist. His vocation story is pretty amazing. He studied at the Naval Academy as a young man, but
For the past year, I’ve been working one day a week for a monastery of Carmelite Nuns smack dab in the middle of the North
Rotten eggs explode. I learned the hard way. It all started when I moved our family out to the country. The house next to my
While eating an after-mass donut, I chatted with a friend who is vastly smarter than I am. He has a doctorate in genetics and does
In a small town on the South Dakota prairie, a monastery of Carmelite Nuns spend their lives being “prayer in the heart of the Church.”
I live near an affluent Georgia County that prides itself on having no problem whatsoever with homelessness. I’d say this is quite an accomplishment, except
