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March 2016

March 21, 2016

Entering the Story: The Imaginative Power of Traditional Worship

When my friend Amy converted to Catholicism ten years ago, she wrote me a letter confessing that she...

March 17, 2016

The Dark Devotional: Retain Your Wounds

For the complete Mass readings for March 20, Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion, click...

March 16, 2016

St. Patrick, Five Songs and Three Books for a Pilgrimage (It Begins)

At 3:00 P.M. today, St. Patrick's Feast Day (appropriate, considering he was a...

March 16, 2016

Wanted: Spiritual Director for Two Sick Pilgrims

In my first post for this blog, I wrote that we were setting up a...

March 15, 2016

The Things that are Saving Our Lives Right Now, March edition

“One must do things sometimes to make life more bearable.” --St. Teresa of Avila While...

March 13, 2016

Dear Pope Francis: A Theology Book for Adults

My three hooligans love Pope Francis. They begged me to take them to Philadelphia...

March 10, 2016

Catholic Books Even a Protestant Could Love

I'm not Catholic, but some of my favorite books are. I came of age during...

March 08, 2016

First Ever Sick Pilgrim Discussion Shindig and Hootenanny During Holy Week! (Details Inside)

So, along with the many developing Sick Pilgrim media things (Radio show with Breadbox...

March 02, 2016

My Top Spiritual Books: Jessica Mesman Griffith

"Total non-retention has kept my education from being a burden to me." --Flannery O'Connor This...

March 02, 2016

Coming Soon: The Sick Pilgrim Travelin’ Medicine (Radio!) Show

When we decided to start Sick Pilgrim, we imagined it as more than a blog. We wanted...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

It’s the Season of The Witch: Fear, Trump, and Pope Francis

As a writer of paranormal thrillers, I get asked about horror movies all the...

February 28, 2016

We’re the Church that Bans Puppies, Kitties, Movies and Other Things You Love (Not really, but it’s fun to say!)

"Through his works, the artist speaks to others and communicates with them. The history of...

February 25, 2016

Uncle Jonathan’s Top Five Sick Pilgrim Books of All Time

In case you haven't noticed, we like to read around these parts. Sharing...

February 22, 2016

The Misadventures of a Pilgrim Dad: Teaching my Kids to Embrace the “White Martyrdom.”

Two weeks ago, I wrote about the pilgrimage that I'm taking with my kids. When...

February 18, 2016

Dark Devotional: Second Sunday of Lent: Mountain Climbing with Kathleen Tarr

A Reading from the Gospel According to Luke. Jesus took Peter, John, and James...

February 17, 2016

The Danger of a Clean Faith: Colleen Mitchell

I’ve heard it for as long as I can remember, how it's our job to...

February 15, 2016

A Band of Misfits

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. (Matthew 4:17) "Heaven must be messy." --Eric Elnes, Gifts...

February 11, 2016

Dark Devotional: First Sunday of Lent: The Devil Inside

Click here for the complete Mass readings for the First Sunday of Lent 2016. A reading...

February 09, 2016

Dark Devotional: Ash Wednesday 2016: Bring on the Night

Click for the complete Mass readings for Ash Wednesday 2016. Psalm 51: 12 Give me...

February 08, 2016

The Misadventures of a (Divorced) Pilgrim Dad

I’m not ashamed to say the new Star Wars movie made me cry. But...

February 02, 2016

A Canticle for the Alien Church (The Real Clash between Mulder and Scully)

Sixteen years ago, I was driving across the Texas desert in the middle of the...

January 2016

January 28, 2016

Dark Devotional: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: God Disappears

Click here for the complete Mass readings for January 31, 2016. A reading from the...

January 27, 2016

For Her: Conspicuous Consumption Catholic-style

Aleteia has launched For Her, a web magazine for women that is "finely focused" through a...

January 26, 2016

Sick Pilgrims: Jack Kerouac

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are...

January 21, 2016

Keeping Christianity Weird: Nadia Bolz-Weber and Heather King

The Washington Post described Lutheran Pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber as a "superhero from Planet Alternative Christian:"...

January 20, 2016

Dark Devotional: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Confessions of a Bible Hater

Click here for the complete Mass Readings for Sunday, January 24, 2016. A reading from...

January 18, 2016

I Hate Authority. That’s Why I’m a Catholic.

A few years ago, I sat at a bar in Canada during a fierce snow...

January 14, 2016

When a Doubter Writes a Devotional Book

"We have foolishly conceived you to be a tyrant over human life.” –St Augustine I’ve...

January 12, 2016

It Takes All Kinds

With this post, Sick Pilgrim is joining the conversation on My Badass Book of Saints for...

January 12, 2016

Sick Pilgrim: The Catholic Church is a Hot Mess…and I love Her

Two years ago, I was confirmed in the Catholic Church with a group of eighth...