When God Blog-Bombed Me

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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

How Will I Know (If He Really Loves Me)?

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I was encouraged recently to put some work into what I would say to someone who comes to me with a basic explicit or implict question: Does ...
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Hello, Again, Hello

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I have been largely absent from this blog this year for several reasons, most of which involve my writing having gone other places. But I...
Thursday, October 23, 2025

Learning to Pray All Over Again

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The Carmelite saints and writers describe early stages of prayer in ways that always confused me. For example, Kevin Culligan writes (in his...
Friday, August 08, 2025

Yes, I've Changed Parishes

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On the morning of the feast of St. Martha (and Mary, and Lazarus), a friend who regularly prays Morning Prayer with our group asked me about...
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Wednesday, July 09, 2025

You Can't Make God Happy

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I regularly take BIG breaks from posting on this blog, generally because I am processing my thoughts in writing elsewhere. But like a cat ou...
Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Snowfall

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This morning, I sat and watched the snow fall against the backdrop of the neighbor's brick house. It started out, just a few small flake...
Wednesday, January 22, 2025

The Man with the Withered Hand

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What I wanted to write about when I started the last post was the gospel reading from today's Mass: Mark 3:1-6 .  We have in the scene t...

Embodied

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"New year, new me" came with a jolt this year. It was as if the Lord woke me at midnight and said: Ok dear, buckle up. We're g...
Sunday, January 12, 2025

Confessions of a Closet Gnostic

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As soon as I type "closet gnostic" I am anticipating one of my more intellectual readers taking me to task for theological impreci...
Saturday, January 11, 2025

Re-defining Safety

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This morning, Fr. A. preached about how, when you are going through a seriously trying time (like with his sister who just lost her son) you...
Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Seeking God, or Self-Harm?

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This morning as I settled into my prayer time, I picked up Divine Intimacy and flipped to the entry for Tuesday of the Second Week of Adven...
Friday, December 06, 2024

Depth of Identity

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Must articulate more thoughts provoked by yet another song.  Because I went down a Yannick Bisson rabbit hole a few months ago (because of ...
Wednesday, December 04, 2024

Better than a Hallelujah

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 Recently I was reminded again of the song Better than a Hallelujah, which Amy Grant recorded in 2010. From the first that I heard it, it...
Thursday, October 17, 2024

Slander, Justice, and Freedom

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This morning as I was talking with the Lord I was reading Mark 7, where He is interacting with Pharisees. Verse 2 sets up where the difficul...
Tuesday, October 01, 2024

The Urgency and Simplicity of Love

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It seems that the Lord enjoys inviting me to go spelunking with Him. I am one of those people who, if an invitation seems too good, like too...