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November 2021

November 29, 2021

The Lie of the Incurable Nature of Us

In the parking lot after the first Sunday of Advent,  my teen saw a car...

November 16, 2021

The Big Question Series

"How can heaven be paradise if some people will be divided from their loved ones?...

November 15, 2021

The Messiness of Life

I crave approval and attention.  Additionally, I want to be thought of as smart.  I...

November 11, 2021

The Invisible Nature of Witness

Why I ordered new pants today... So I called my mom today and we visited. ...

November 08, 2021

The Weight of a Millstone

We hear the Gospels but we've heard them so often, sometimes we've lost our imaginative...

November 05, 2021

Everything is Available Now, Nothing is Available Later

INSERT PICTURE OF ANNOYING SALES PERSON SAYING BUY NOW OR RUIN ALL HOLIDAYS FOREVER WITH...

November 02, 2021

Today is the First Day

It's hard to know what to call this person I know who died today.  He's...

October 2021

October 29, 2021

Over at the Register Today

Discussing the Joyful Mysteries connection to something of life, other than just happiness, something that...

October 26, 2021

Silent Shouting Witness

Recently, I served as a substitute teacher for an American Sign Language class to help...

October 20, 2021

For What We Were Made

We were made for love, not use.  This first reality of our being, is the...

October 14, 2021

Making the World More Welcoming

This is something I wrote back in 2015...because I know that all life is precious. ...

October 08, 2021

Spirograph Brave

Back when I was five or six, Mom took me for a necessary vaccination.  I...

September 2021

September 30, 2021

Retro Saturday: Having a Youtube Moment, and How Not To…

This was written back on January 4th of 2008. First, a disclaimer: I don't watch...

September 20, 2021

Journey on the Flat Road

The major consequence of chemo so far has been flatness.  I wish it meant fitness...

September 18, 2021

Following up on Past Post…

Most of us feel something of an indictment whenever Saint James is read during the...

September 12, 2021

Why We Need to Roll Up Our Sleeves and Reveal our Faith by Our Work…

There's a lot of stress in the world over the mandate to vaccinate. There's legitimate...

September 04, 2021

Moments We hope They Remember

Today, my youngest came to me feeling only stress. After she told me all her...

August 2021

August 15, 2021

Fighting the Anti-Witness

Being stuck at home and in bed, I spend time I should be resting, scrolling,...

August 12, 2021

Asking for the Miraculous

When you find out you have cancer but that's all you know...it's a foxhole moment...

August 04, 2021

Ideas for Next Time

Having gone through eight confirmations aside from my own, I've done some thinking about how...

July 2021

July 23, 2021

Just a reminder, All is Real

So I hopped on Facebook today and found a fierce discussion going on about Heaven,...

July 11, 2021

The Power of Witness

We took the kids swimming this Sunday at the pool with the high diving board. ...

July 04, 2021

Happy 4th of July

Dear Nation, It's July 4th, 2021.  We're a tired people who have so much more to...

June 2021

June 23, 2021

Catholics Should Not Be Thinking “Katy, Bar the Door.”

In this modern age, where relativism is deeper than the air we breathe, the desire...

June 01, 2021

Being Both And in the Face of Things

One of my coping methods is stupid humor.  So originally I titled this piece, Cancer to...

May 2021

May 23, 2021

My Favorite Feast

It's no secret.  I've always loved Pentecost.  The dissent of the Holy Spirit is my...

May 17, 2021

On the Boat, On the Boat, On the Boat

My dad and his fishing buddies found themselves in the midst of a storm on...

May 14, 2021

Hakuna Matata Theology vs. the Cross

This is not going to win me any points with the internet. If today you...

April 2021

April 16, 2021

We Have Been Reduced

I wrote the title before I wrote the piece, and didn't know quite what it...

March 2021

March 16, 2021

Making Catholicism Grate Again

WE'VE NOT LOOKED AT CHRIST ON THE CROSS AS FOR US It's been a tough...

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