When God Blog-Bombed Me

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Sunday, May 16, 2021

Ascension, the Kingdom, and Scampering off, Stage-Right

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The Feast of the Ascension penetrated my mind in a new-feeling way today. God was gracing me to take things in. I can actually share with yo...
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...
Saturday, February 20, 2021

Interiority, Psychology, and Several Recommendations

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For as long as I can remember, I have had an attaction for the personal depths of human beings. Just like some people love symphonies or nat...
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 ...
Saturday, January 09, 2021

Salvation Is From The Jews

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When the pandemic was just getting into full swing in the United States, I joined a now-closed theological discussion forum on Facebook. Can...
Monday, November 16, 2020

My Testimony of Asking in Faith for the Holy Spirit

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In the summer of 1987, when I was about to enter my Junior year of college, I met two people who had a significant impact on my spiritual li...
Friday, July 31, 2020

Turning Hardness of Heart into Purity of Heart

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Recently I was called upon to teach a formation session for my Carmelite community, a task that doesn't typically fall to me. Given the ...
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...
Thursday, January 09, 2020

Silence

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Recently I had a revelation about how much I both need and love silence. The silence I love and need is more than the lack of sounds rever...
Sunday, November 10, 2019

They Neither Marry Nor Are Given in Marriage; They Can No Longer Die

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"The children of this age marry and remarry; but those who are deemed worthy to attain to the coming age and to the resurrection ...
Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Complete Joy

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Without necessarily noticing how or when it happened, I realized I have felt spiritually stuck. The prayer not taking off kind of stuck. And...
Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Trying Again

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Obviously I didn't move very far in getting back to writing, as I said I intended to back in June. But I do occasionally get around to r...
Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Singing, Vulnerability, and Conversion

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So, I mentioned in my catch-up post that I'm involved in ChristLife. I've been in several different roles, including administration,...
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Checking in

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No, I haven't forgotten I have a blog. Let's just say I've been in a long marinating process! My life has taken on so many new...
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