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March 2019

March 19, 2019

The Transfiguration and Our Mountaintop Faith

The Transfiguration of Christ is easily one of my favourite scenes in the gospels. I...

March 11, 2019

Breakfast in the Desert

My pastor, and good friend, is well-known for encouraging us to "make Sunday matter." It's...

March 06, 2019

Remember That You Are Not Butt Dust

Every year at this time the "Remember That You Are Butt Dust" meme starts...

March 05, 2019

St. Francis de Sales’ Advice for Lent: Prepare to be Tempted

One of the ever-bearing gifts of the Catholic Church is incredible depth of her teaching. Spanning over two...

March 30, 2017

If the Church is a Field Hospital, Lent is Our Medicine

Early in his pontificate, Pope Francis likened the Catholic Church to a field hospital. Rather...

March 08, 2017

It’s Lent: Prepare to be Tempted

One of the ever-bearing gifts of the Catholic Church is incredible depth of her teaching. Spanning over two...

March 03, 2017

Why Abstinence from Meat on Fridays Makes Sense

In a Church that celebrates the Rosary, changes its liturgical vestments for every season, and...

March 01, 2017

I’m Giving Up Complaining for Lent (and I Already Hate It)

Every Lent, for the past several years, I've given up complaining. It's liberating. And soul-making....

March 14, 2016

On Lent and Letting Go of Grudges

I've held a grudge for a long time, I'm not proud to say. I'm not...

February 2016

February 10, 2016

Giving Up Complaint, Taking Up Mercy

I'm generally a shameful, petty person. I know, I know, it's shocking. How can someone who...

February 05, 2016

Lent is Coming, Hide the Kids

A friend of mine recently commented that she's weary of the Church calendar this year....

February 25, 2015

On Lent and Letting Go of Grudges

I've held a grudge for a long time, I'm not proud to say. I'm not...

February 17, 2015

Lent: My Final Forty Days as a Protestant

This year my Lenten experience is going to be weird. At Easter, baring supernatural intervention,...