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Showing posts with label Misery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Misery. Show all posts
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...
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...
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...
Monday, July 29, 2024

Hiking, Love, and Transformation

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Eight years ago, I hiked in the Tatra mountains. Come to think of it, it was exactly this time of year I was there. The scenery was beautifu...
Saturday, February 17, 2024

Joy Comes in the Morning

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This morning as I enter into prayer, I find a strange gratitude welling up inside of me. Gratitude in general is unusual enough for me. But ...
Saturday, January 06, 2024

A New (Leg of the) Journey

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 New years and new things may suggest each other, but I'm not one to choose some big newness project on January 1. Gosh, even writing th...
Friday, December 30, 2022

Both Sides Now

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 When I was younger, I prided myself on everything. Other people seemed so lazy. They would tell me of the one thing they had planned for th...
Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Disturbing Feast Day

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Léon Cogniet (1794-1880), “The Massacre of the Innocents” (photo: Public Domain) I don't like the feast of the Holy Innocents. That was ...
Friday, April 15, 2022

Butterfly Release

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Today is Good Friday. I'm not quite clear whether technically the Triduum is Lent, or if it is uber-Lent, but regardless, I am pausing t...
Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Inflating my Christmas Hope

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I admit it; Christmas has been going flat for me. As a small child there was, I suppose, glitz that even I managed to be excited about, and ...
Thursday, March 25, 2021

The Day to Say Yes

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Twenty-four years ago today, I set out on a journey home. I had been in Japan for two and a half soul-crushing years, and even though that S...
Saturday, March 06, 2021

The Prodigal, The Fatherless, and St. Joseph

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This morning's Mass has shaken loose quite a bit of useful thought fodder, so here I am to sort it all out. The gospel reading was the p...
Monday, February 08, 2021

Ego and Conversion

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I'm probably not the only one. As I was sorting out adulthood, faith, and what it meant to hear God's call, I regularly got tripped ...
Friday, March 13, 2020

A Few Thoughts on Fear

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It seems the first stage of corona virus infection is the spread of fear. If you spend any time on Facebook or other social media, or even a...
Wednesday, August 15, 2018

After Reading the Report

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I combed through the Pennsylvania report yesterday. I feel like vomiting. I also found it very appropriate to hear the beginning of Beethove...
Saturday, December 09, 2017

Year of Healing

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The year isn't over with yet, I know. But I have been reflecting on the healing that has come to my life in 2017. It's been a year o...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

The Lying God of Comfort

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Everyone knows my daughter loves crafting. Having a daughter who loves crafting requires me a few trips to craft stores now and then. Recent...