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January 2017

January 13, 2017

What St. Margaret of Cortona Can Teach to Women

In recent months, I discovered a saint that I never met before: St. Margaret of...

December 2016

December 19, 2016

Why We Still Need Mercy

Why Do We Still Need Mercy? The year of Mercy may be over, but as...

October 2016

October 10, 2016

Do You Really HAVE TO Vote?

I've been quiet about the election because I don't like politics. I'm what you would...

September 2016

September 08, 2016

Uninvited’s Pros and Cons: A Book Review

I was definitely intrigued when I heard about Lysa TerKeurst's latest book Uninvited: Living Loved When...

June 2016

June 15, 2016

Little Sins Mean A Lot: A Book Review

Little Sins Mean A Lot is a book about the bad habits we have, our...

June 13, 2016

History is Happening in Manhattan: The Beauty of the Tony Awards

"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have...

April 2016

April 06, 2016

Questions and Answers At The Sixth Station

Prompt: Write an ekphrastic poem. An ekphrastic poem is a poem inspired by art. Inspired...

March 2016

March 25, 2016

My Vampiric Spirit, Confession, and Conversion

Author note: This is a guest post written by my friend Kristin from Austin...

November 2015

November 12, 2015

Forgiveness: Doing the Unimaginable

We have a lot of concepts of what forgiveness is and how it’s supposed...

November 05, 2015

The Nature of Forgiveness in Buffy

The nature of forgiveness in Buffy-verse is complicated to say the least. Angel gets a...

September 2015

September 23, 2015

Why Catholics Have a “Both/And” Policy: Salvation through Faith AND Works

I'll be honest when I say that I don't consider myself to be an apologist....

September 02, 2015

The Catholic Guide to Depression: A Book Review

It started with me wanting to do some further research on depression for a...

August 2015

August 26, 2015

Anxiety, Avoidance Issues, and the Beauty of Reconciliation

It all started with this Twitter conversation: [View the story "Anxiety and Avoidance Issues" on...

August 20, 2015

How to Handle an Anxiety Attack

Thunderstorms are breaking out all over Houston and it seems like my anxiety has come...

August 17, 2015

How To Accept What You Can’t Change In No Easy Steps

I've talked about The Serenity Prayer on this blog before (as well as the film Serenity)....

July 2015

July 28, 2015

Reach Out to The Truth! – The Last Night of Cafe Catholica

If there's anything I learned from my last night at Cafe Catholica, it was...

July 20, 2015

Regardless of Warnings, The Future Doesn’t Scare Me At All

Looking into the future of the Catholic Church is a lot like somebody wondering if...

July 09, 2015

Get A Catholic Bible Study and Study Journal For Absolutely Free!

A few months ago, I started contributing Bible study meditations to the Heart...

July 07, 2015

Seize the Moment Because Tomorrow You Might Be Dead: Things I Learned At Cafe Catholica

Last night, I ventured into my diocese's annual Cafe Catholica, a young adult event that...

June 2015

June 26, 2015

Are We Out of the Woods Yet?

One quote from Buffy the Vampire the Slayer that resonates with me comes from the Season...

June 22, 2015

Things Adults Can Learn from Vacation Bible School

I've been a regular volunteer at my parish's Vacation Bible School for a couple...

June 18, 2015

In The Body of Christ, We Are Never Alone

The word "catholic" means "universal" and it always makes me happy to know that...

May 2015

May 13, 2015

Existentialism, Choices, and Discerning God’s Will

One verse I keep seeing a lot lately in my social media is Jeremiah 29:...

May 06, 2015

Authentic Love Part 2: Faith Rooted in Religion

It started with a comment. I shared a short version of rejections I experienced on...

April 2015

April 14, 2015

His Mercy is New Every Morning! Plus: Win a Cool Bracelet!

My latest meditation from the Mercy Study at the Heart of Mary Women's Fellowship is...

April 13, 2015

Jesus, I Trust in You! Help My Unbelief!

One of the many devotions I gained in my college years was a love for...

April 11, 2015

His Mercy is Everlasting

My latest contribution to the Heart of Mary Women's Fellowship is up right now! An...

April 08, 2015

His Mercy is Plentious

So ever heard of the Heart of Mary Women's Fellowship? If you hadn't, they're a...

April 05, 2015

The Best Is Yet To Come…But What Exactly IS That?

I posted on here before about the words I've been gathering during this Lenten season....

March 2015

March 26, 2015

Faith and Trust vs Doubt and Discouragement

One of my favorite quotes from CS Lewis is "There are far, far better things...

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