When God Blog-Bombed Me

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Friday, April 14, 2023

Suffering, and Lenten Lessons Learned

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 Here we are, a week after Good Friday. Time to take a break and reflect on what stood out to me at the end of Lent. Sometimes, without stop...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Whether Paul or Apollos, or Charismatic or Latin

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In 1991, when I first responded to the Lord's call to enter the Catholic Church, I belonged to an interdenominational charismatic fellow...
Wednesday, February 08, 2023

Intercession, or "Praying to Saints"

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 In my conversations with non-Catholic Christians, I find that one of the most difficult doctrines to discuss is our relationship with other...
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 ...
Sunday, October 30, 2022

Teaching the Our Father, Part One

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 I teach New Testament Bible stories to 1st through 4th grade students at our local Sonshine Bible Club. This is my 7th year teaching, minus...
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Monday, September 12, 2022

Blue Water Laundry Sheet Discount Code

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  So, I just bought this laundry detergent sheet for the first time. I didn't use a coupon code, even though I saw the box for it -- jus...
Tuesday, August 09, 2022

A Gift of Grace

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Six years ago today, something profound happened. In fact, it was so profound that six years later I know I'm only beginning to take it ...
Friday, June 10, 2022

Pentecost Retreat

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So, this last weekend, Pentecost weekend, I was on retreat at Little Portion Hermitage and Monastery in Arkansas, the home of the Brothers a...
Wednesday, June 01, 2022

Well, it was Clear When I Started

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Yesterday was the Feast of the Visitation, and something in the Scriptures for the Mass struck me significantly. It wasn't that I felt a...
Tuesday, May 10, 2022

And I Will Give You Rest

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  Come to me, all you who labor and are weary, and I will give you rest, says the Lord.  I feel like, ever since Easter hit, I have been mos...
Friday, April 29, 2022

Christian Identity; Christian Prayer

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 Here's what I'm hearing. Christian prayer is immersion into Christian identity. Christian identity is a spiritual reality, and come...
Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Who Am I, Anyway

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 I love the song " The Secret of Time " by Charlie Peacock. There's a line in there that speaks to me today: "The moment...
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...
Monday, April 11, 2022

Gratia non tollit naturam, sed perficit; And Community

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The Lord has been faithful to pour out His graces to me this Lent; and I hope to be more faithful than I have been to be attentive and respo...