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February 2017

February 20, 2017

Starting a New Chapter

Dear Readers of My Patheos Blog, You may notice that I haven't been posting on...

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...

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...

August 2016

August 31, 2016

The Idol of the Narrative

In Strange Gods, Elizabeth Scalia went into detail on how we create idols out of our...

June 2016

June 21, 2016

A New Way To Walk

I want to write about happier things this week. So not only am I taking...

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 02, 2016

Defying Expectations: A Poem In Honor of Autism Awareness Day

The diagnosis began with a test. I was called out of class and was asked...

March 2016

March 15, 2016

Being on “God’s Time”

I never thought I would be so annoyed about setting the clocks forward. Since I...

March 14, 2016

Advancing While Retreating

Last weekend, I was away on a 2-day Ignatian retreat. This retreat was unique from...

March 08, 2016

#TransformationTuesday: Walking Through The Rainstorms

My current favorite song from Taylor Swift is not one of her big hit singles....

February 2016

February 23, 2016

Side Effects of Spending Time With God

Luke 6:45 "A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart...

February 19, 2016

Life Unplugged: Lent Progress Report Week 1

One of my Lenten resolutions was to spend less time on social media. I...

February 14, 2016

Catholic Dating Problem Part 1: Waiting and Finding

Happy Valentine's Day! As everyone already knows, single people have a hard enough time...

January 2016

January 01, 2016

The Spiritual Journey of “Out of the Woods”

Welcome to 2016 everyone! Like most people during this time of year, I want to...

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

Meeting Saint Maria Goretti

So last night, at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Sugar Land, TX, I had...

November 01, 2015

A Retreater’s Poem and Litany

So for the past few days, I've been away on retreat. It was an amazing,...

October 2015

October 25, 2015

My 2-Year Buffyversary: Why Am I Doing the Countdown?

So earlier this month, I said that I was doing a Buffy Countdown because I...

October 24, 2015

Retelling the Story: Dealing with Grief 2 Years Later

Grief takes on different natures as time goes on. When I lost Fr. Keon two...

October 19, 2015

Seven Quick Takes Monday On This Weekend

1) There was a slight delay on my Buffy Countdown due to me coming down with...

October 06, 2015

Top 10 Reasons October is My Favorite Month

Lots of people look forward to certain seasons. Schoolchildren count the days to summer. Many...

September 2015

September 22, 2015

The Necessity of Making Art

One of the biggest influences in my life is Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way. I learned...

September 01, 2015

The 30 Day Closet Challenge

I almost never back down from a challenge. I love doing photo-a-day challenges on Instagram...

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 25, 2015

Reflections on the End of Summer

Even though the week has just begun, summer feels like it has finally ended...

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...

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