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Jesus Is My Plumber

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Prayer Before Meals

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Dream a Little Dream

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Deep Thoughts

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September 09, 2015

Busy, Busy, Busy

God, I want the rest of today to be a good day. I want to...

September 04, 2015

Five Minute Friday: Yes

I was so angry. So confused. I didn’t even go in the Adoration Chapel, because...

September 02, 2015

Lost

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August 22, 2015

Predator or prey?

Dear God, Dear Lord, I can’t run any more. I can’t chase You down any...

August 03, 2015

The Most Reliable High

“It’s the most reliable high I know of.” I told someone that, yesterday. I was...

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Litany of Humility

I ran across this lovely sung rendition of the Litany of Humility, which I spoke...

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What’s your beef?

My average time for recognizing my own idiocy is almost immediate. My average time for...

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April 28, 2015

Draw me…

To the One who is both Host and Guest, Master and Servant, Lover and Beloved:...

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October 22, 2014

Fight Club

I am quite literally in a fight with my brain this morning. This has got...

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March 05, 2014

Show Me Your Ash!

So, just home from Ash Wednesday service at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception here in...

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January 15, 2014

Make No Mistake About It: You’re Loved!

I laid on my bed and bawled. My pillowcase was damp on the edge, and...

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Bold, Frankincense, and Myrrh

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August 27, 2013

Them thar’s fightin’ wurds!

I got in a fight yesterday. It may not have been a fistfight, but it...

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March 07, 2013

Five Favorites: Volume 1

“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens…” Those were certainly Maria’s favorites, and while I’m...

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February 22, 2013

Five Minute Friday: What Mommy Did

My mom. Saint Harriet the Pious. Yup. Lots of moms teach their daughters many things....

February 03, 2013

Unashamed: Part Deux

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January 2013

January 30, 2013

Dreamless

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January 14, 2013

Dinner with the Pope

After the second bottle of wine, His Holiness really loosens up. He kicks off his...

December 2012

December 29, 2012

What’s Yours?

Everybody makes ‘em. Nobody keeps ‘em. Yeah. I’m talking about New Year’s resolutions. You have...

December 24, 2012

Wood of the Cradle, Wood of the Cross

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone in the whole world, but especially to my...

December 24, 2011

Silent Night

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October 10, 2011

Notes to Sophia

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October 08, 2011

Ambivalence reigns supreme…

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September 28, 2011

Worship

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