March 6th marked the start of the Lenten season. Psalm 42:2 resonates with me for my soul is thirsting for the living God, and my mind
Recently I joined with some friends to help prepare a parsonage for an assistant pastor and his wife who were coming to their new church.
Lent is a time of prayer, penance, fasting and almsgiving in preparation for the celebration of the Paschal Mystery. But another event for which we
Many think that studying history is boring. They may equate reading history books to watching grass grow, a mundane task that is nap inducing at
I enjoy television dramas. I really do. But I have a very active imagination. I also passively project my “fantasy world” into television dramas so much
But all things should be done decently and in order.
God made you good, and you are enough. Thanks be to God for the gift of you.”(pg. 149) Danielle Bean’s new book; You Are Enough:
Are you familiar with the concept of general confession? Lent is underway—in due time, you will be able to eat your candies again, have that
“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees,
Off the Shelf 115 – Mark McCann I recently stumbled upon an AWESOME four book series for men that has the potential to change men
I don’t have faith that God exists. To some, that may seem like a surprising, even shocking, statement. How can I be a Christian without
As we approach Lent, we tend to think about what we’re going to do this year: give something up, take on some spiritual practice, etc.
A teen diagnosis of bipolar creates quite a volatile ‘coming of age’. When young Theresa, the main character in the novel Promises to Theresa by Marianne
People suffer—good people and bad people. When the so-called good people suffer, many of us look at the so-called bad people thriving and complain. Scripture
“This imaginary baptism, the immersion in purity, the elevation of my being above the filth in which I had been mired and, overnight, this sense
“Why are dust and ashes proud? Even during life man’s body decays … a king today – tomorrow he is dead,” writes Sirach (Sirach 10:9).
You are going to die. These opening words hearkened me back seven years ago to the book that changed my life, Be A Man!: Becoming
If you are looking to grow in your faith and discover the true beauty of the Catholicism during this Lenten season, you might want to
This examination of conscience is offered in time for Lent, the season of penitence that begins on Ash Wednesday, March 6th in the year of
I thought I was a loving, forgiving person who didn’t judge people and just wanted to help them. I really did. It wasn’t until I
Gluttony. It’s not a word we commonly hear or read in conversation anymore. We may merely think of it as a “fat-shaming” synonym for overeating.
Off the Shelf 114 – Christine Watkins Conversion stories are a powerful witness to the fact that we have a loving God intent upon a
