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August 2016

August 30, 2016

The Kingdom Invisible

(image via Pixabay) What if I told you I've learned how to become invisible? I've joked...

August 13, 2016

God Is

(image via pixabay) A friend is suffering a lot right now, and there's not much...

August 12, 2016

I Invite You To Read

(Image via Pixabay.) This heart-rending piece on the experience of depression and how to be...

August 10, 2016

In the Shadow of Thy Wings

(image via Pixabay) If I were a fairy tale character, the magical skill I'd want...

August 09, 2016

Lord, that We Might See

(image via Pixabay) Today is the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki; we remembered...

August 01, 2016

What It’s Like to be Chronically Ill and Catholic

While this post was originally written independently of the Patheos Catholic Channel series, “Catholicity: Identity...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

You Know What the Divine Mercy Feels Like?

I know I talked about this once before. But do you know what else the Divine...

July 28, 2016

Blood, Sweat, Poop And the Theotokos

I just had to share another wonderful conversation I had lately with my talented friends...

July 16, 2016

Would Angels Envy Us?

I have, in my bedroom, a beat up old icon of Saint Michael the Archangel....

July 15, 2016

Blessed are We Who Mourn

I wake up, the morning after yet another terrorist attack in France, wondering what on...

July 14, 2016

Things I Learned On The Internet Lately

I promise I'll go back to my long-winded meditations next time, folks, but I've got to...

July 12, 2016

Everyone is a Veronica

Scrambling around for something to post about today, I stumbled on an in-depth list of...

July 11, 2016

Not Unto The Ages of Ages, I Hope

Michael touched his voltage tester to the light socket in the kitchen. There was a...

July 08, 2016

One Sensible Reaction to The Horror of This Week’s Shootings

I said earlier that I didn't know how to react to recent news. I still...

July 03, 2016

A Beautiful and Sobering Anecdote

I'm not familiar with Christ the Savior Orthodox Church, but I did stumble across them...

June 2016

June 23, 2016

The Terrible Thing about Evil

Lord knows why I'm doing research for a movie I won't watch for months and I'll...

June 09, 2016

A Washtub Contemplative

Rich people miss out on such unique pleasures. Mind you, I'm not knocking that; I...

May 2016

May 23, 2016

Food is a Miracle: A Corpus Christi Meditation

Those who don't understand why Christ came in the form of food, have never been...

May 21, 2016

Listen!

Last week we talked about suicide and abuse. Now, for a moment, let's turn our...

May 16, 2016

Your Body is the Rack: On Suicide and Sexual Abuse

Just a warning to my friends who have been through assault-- I'm going to talk...

May 15, 2016

Tinfoil Hat or a Crown of Thorns?

I don't mind when people disagree with me, but I don't like to be called...

May 12, 2016

There has Been A Death

I want to introduce you to my friend Kreed, and I wish I could do...

May 05, 2016

The Alleluia Moment: A Meditation on The Ascension

I've got to admit, this is a day that stumps me. I don't know what...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

River Valley Gothic

I threw a wood block at a child the other day. I had to....

April 21, 2016

If I Perish, I Perish: In Which The Author Subscribes to Pure Flix

I was going to review a film I actually expected to like this week, I...

April 11, 2016

Is God Good? All the Time?

You may recall that last week I went to see God's Not Dead 2,...

April 08, 2016

Take This From Me: A Review of God’s Not Dead 2

I am an unabashed lover of films. Films are among my favorite things. I am...

April 04, 2016

Those Who Sow in Tears

This is my first year to plant potatoes. “When do they go in the ground?”...

March 2016

March 30, 2016

Mother of Sorrows, Cause of Our Joy

I don't know where to begin. I had resolved, when first I began to blog,...