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March 2025

March 09, 2025

How to Use the 80-20 Pareto Principle to Improve Your Lent

Pareto’s 80-20 Principle The 80/20 Principle, or Pareto’s Law, is a pattern that has been...

February 2025

February 07, 2025

If NFL Was Religion, the Super Bowl is Easter Sunday

I won’t pretend to believe that sports are religion, but if the NFL was, the...

February 02, 2025

A Light For Revelation: On Simeon at the Presentation

Today is the Feast of the Presentation, February 2nd, and I am happy to present...

January 2025

January 16, 2025

St. Anthony, Desert Fathers, and You: A Life of a Saint

Happy Feast of St. Anthony! New to Celebrating St. Anthony's Feast Last year I thought...

January 10, 2025

Nostalgia, Kintsukuroi, and Garden: On Pain and Sweetness

Christmas season hit me a little different this year. Happily, we moved into our house...

January 04, 2025

Life is Unexpected: New Year Goals, Reflections, Resolutions

Think back to your life one year ago. Did you make New Year’s resolutions last...

September 2024

September 10, 2024

On Juggling, Third Children, and Existence

Tossing one object and catching it is a classic game of catch. Two objects thrown...

August 2024

August 24, 2024

“Who Can Accept It?”: John 6, Ephesians 5, Ps 34, Joshua 24

"This saying is hard, who can accept it?" is what the apostles say after hearing...

August 20, 2024

The Quality Over Quantity Problem

“Quality over quantity” is the common saying, as if one is better than the other....

August 14, 2024

Blue August Moon Reminds Us of True Devotion to Mary

Last year I wrote about the coinciding of a Blue Supermoon happening in August. I...

August 08, 2024

St. Rose of Lima: Reflection on Sacrifice & Service

St. Rose of Lima, the first Saint born of the Americas, is an example of...

August 01, 2024

Eternity in the Moment: Hope in Despair w/ Vwillz & Kushner

Eternity is a crazy concept. Feeling of Eternity When people say, “Feels like an eternity?“...

May 2024

May 23, 2024

“Guy I Used To Be” by Lawrence – The Process of Conversion

Lawrence, the band, just put out a new song last month called "Guy I Used...

March 2024

March 18, 2024

95 Traits of Saint Joseph: March 19, Solemnity of St. Joseph

Happy Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary! Or St. Joseph’s Day...

March 17, 2024

St. Joseph Novena Study – Day 9: Happy Death

Welcome to Day 9 of the St. Joseph Novena Study! For the last day of...

March 16, 2024

St. Joseph Novena Study – Day 8: Friend in Suffering

Welcome to Day 8 of the St. Joseph Novena Study! If you’ve been following along...

March 15, 2024

St. Joseph Novena Study – Day 7: Patron of Workers

Welcome to Day 7 of the St. Joseph Novena Study! Although the feast of St....

March 14, 2024

St. Joseph Novena Study – Day 6: Patron of Families

Welcome to Day 6 of the St. Joseph Novena Study! Yesterday was about the Patron...

March 13, 2024

St. Joseph Novena Study – Day 5: Patron of Church, Patriarch

Welcome to Day 5 of the St. Joseph Novena Study! Today we reflect on St....

March 12, 2024

St. Joseph Novena Study – Day 4: Faithful Servant

Welcome to Day 4 of the St. Joseph Novena Study! Today is all about Joseph’s...

March 11, 2024

St. Joseph Novena Study – Day 3: Man Chosen by God

Welcome to Day 3 of the St. Joseph Novena Study! Today’s reading, reflection, and lists...

March 10, 2024

St. Joseph Novena Study – Day 2: Spouse

Welcome to Day 2 of the St. Joseph Novena Study! We're going to look at...

March 09, 2024

St. Joseph Novena Study – Day 1: Fatherhood

Today we begin Day 1 of the St. Joseph Novena. If you missed it, here...

March 01, 2024

Month of March, St. Joseph Novena Preparation

Welcome to March! This month I am going to try something new here at Formed...

February 2024

February 08, 2024

The Gift of a Storm: Reflection on Two Feasts – February 10

Storms are often used to present ominous or negative events, but both of the St....

February 02, 2024

Genre of Faith – A Christian Experience of Music

Genre of Faith Last week, I shared songs from two very different sounding genres (Metal...

January 2024

January 26, 2024

4 Country Songs You Can Pray With – Oldies, 90’s, and Today

On the Genre of Country MusicCountry music is a special genre for it's storytelling, simple...

January 23, 2024

Conversion of St. Paul – a Reflection for January 25

I wasn’t originally planning a post for the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul....

January 22, 2024

4 Metal Songs Anyone Can Pray With (Christian Metalcore)

On the Genre of Metal or Punk Due to its high energy and often aggressive...

January 07, 2024

Battle of the Heart: Virtue Lessons from Exodus and Brothers

The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the...