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January 2022

January 13, 2022

Dark Devotional: From Good Wine to Bitter Faith

Weddings are stressful, even when everyone is behaving themselves. When people start misbehaving, weddings can...

December 2021

December 23, 2021

Dark Devotional: The Virgin Mary’s Guide to Biblical Motherhood

When his parents saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, “Son,...

December 16, 2021

Dark Devotional: Mary, Motherhood, and Mixed Feelings

Dark Devotional: Mary, Motherhood, and Mixed Feelings Behold, I am the handmaid of...

August 2021

August 13, 2021

Dark Devotional: When the Virgin Cast Off Her Veil

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary The queen stands at your right...

March 2021

March 04, 2021

Taking the Long Way Home

This is the third week of our Lenten Series: Sick Pilgrim's Progress. You can read...

December 2020

December 31, 2020

Dark Devotional: Mary, the Mother of God

Mary, the Mother of God By Karl Persson I must begin with a confession: ...

April 2019

April 12, 2019

Dark Devotional: Second Hand Son, Brother of Jesus

John 18:1 to 19:42 The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to John...

June 2018

June 04, 2018

Things Keeping Us Alive – May 2018, Marian Edition

It’s June! The grass is green, the robins are feeding their babies in the nest...

May 2018

May 29, 2018

Something About Mary

One of the most treasured items of my 1960’s era Catholic childhood was a...

May 23, 2018

Family Photos, Statues, and Intergenerational Worry

Republished with Permission from the blog Crone Cafe That awkwardly-framed 80s photo is...

May 21, 2018

Mary and the Cosmos

The incarnation is cosmic in its significance. God the Word, the Logos, became man....

May 15, 2018

The Theotokos: A Protestant Love Song

A deep spiritual friend and mentor is the founder of an Orthodox monastery on the...

May 08, 2018

Reclaiming Mary

I was an evangelical Christian first, a convert to Catholicism later in life. Mary was...

December 2016

December 28, 2016

The Dark Side of Christmas: The Murder of Innocents

“They said there’ll be snow at Christmas. They said there’ll be peace on Earth. But...

September 2016

September 18, 2016

Dark Devotional: Mother of Sorrows

After accepting that the mystical experience I had was about being drawn into full communion...

May 2016

May 12, 2016

Three Reasons I Don’t Pray to Mary

Mary, it's not you. It's me. I promised that this month, your month, I would...

May 01, 2016

I have a Problem with Mary…and Possibly Women in General.

I wear a rosary around my neck and not for a fashion statement. My best...