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September 2021

September 24, 2021

Dark Devotional: Mind Your Own Distractions

If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out; it is better for you...

July 2021

July 30, 2021

Dark Devotional: He Who Comes to Me Will Never Be Hungry

It was 8.30am on Ash Wednesday, 10 February 2016, when I noticed an email from...

April 2021

April 30, 2021

Dark Devotional: Who Owns the Vine?

“The sexual abuse is awful and all, but you just can’t leave! You don’t want...

April 09, 2021

Dark Devotional: Seeing Is Believing

Jesus said to [Thomas], “Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed...

January 2020

January 05, 2020

Rereading “I Walk with Jesus” in January 2020

I remember a sunshiny morning in 1987. I remember sitting in Sunbeam on the floor of my...

September 2018

September 13, 2018

Dark Devotional: Our Lady of Sorrows and Me

“Bruised. Derided. Cursed. Defiled. She beheld her tender child…” Many Catholics I know are wondering,...

August 2018

August 20, 2018

I Want to Believe: Fr. Stephanos Pedrano’s Story

Editor's note: I wanted this series, I Want To Believe, to highlight the authenticity of...

February 2017

February 10, 2017

Destruction As Grace – Dark Devotional

I stared up at the Basilica in hate. I hated them. Every single one of...

December 2016

December 19, 2016

Advent: The Catholic Church IS the Rebellion

A few days ago, I was talking about the new Star Wars movie, Rogue One...

November 2016

November 19, 2016

Fantastic Magic and Where to Find It

(Spoilers ahead, so don't whine.) Full disclosure: I'm a huge fan of the Harry Potter...

October 2016

October 12, 2016

Scary Things You Should Watch (Other than the Presidential Election)

Like most of you, we are horrified at the progression of this presidential election. It's...

June 2016

June 19, 2016

Weird Things Happened on the Set of The Conjuring

(As a part of The Conjuring coverage, we're republishing this article from my blog The...

April 2016

April 26, 2016

The Bloody, Enchanted Host

About seven years ago, I took a job as an assistant minister in Columbus, Ohio....

April 24, 2016

About a year ago, I took one of my many trips to Utah, which has...

March 2016

March 28, 2016

A Mid-Life Report Card from St. Peter…..

(We are taking a week off here at Sick Pilgrim. So, Jess and I...

February 2016

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...

January 2016

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 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 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...