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February 2017

February 17, 2017

Rejecting God

It's no secret to anyone who has been reading my blog these past ten months...

February 16, 2017

Thank you Bishop Joe Vasquez

I was a brand new Catholic when Bishop Joe Vasquez was appointed to my Diocese....

November 2016

November 10, 2016

The Election, Failure and Where to Go From Here

It has been a crazy 48 hours since the election results came in and Donald...

November 08, 2016

I am Pro-Life, I voted for Hillary

My original plan for today was to drink and wait for Jesus. I was not...

November 07, 2016

The Dark Night of Life

I know that everyone is ready to lay around in despair over the election results...

October 2016

October 11, 2016

Did I Die? Let Me Count The Ways

By now most of you must have heard the leaked tape where Donald Trump explains...

September 2016

September 21, 2016

How I found Myself

Last night I wrote this post about losing myself. I went to bed thinking...

September 20, 2016

When Did I Lose Myself?

I watched my three year old granddaughter today. She ran around in the living room...

September 19, 2016

When God Dedicates Songs to You

Today I was sitting in the car with my two youngest sons and this song...

August 2016

August 31, 2016

Ronda Rousey, Spiritual Attack, Mother Teresa and The Risk of Protest

I have had this book, Daring Greatly by Brené Brown on my nightstand for months...

August 25, 2016

Catholic Writing, Brands and Authenticity

Waiting tables is a story of how different things are "behind the scenes" verses what...

July 2016

July 30, 2016

When God Laughs

I am off of work today after getting up at 6am since last Sunday for...

July 27, 2016

Death Does Not Win

Three months ago I sat by the bedside in a hospice and witnessed the most...

July 24, 2016

Sometimes God Does Not Let Things Go

I'm going back to waiting tables. I am not really sure how it happened really,...

July 08, 2016

Will We Let Fear Win

“I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never...

June 2016

June 05, 2016

Hotel CaliFacebook

You can log in, but you can never leave. That is exactly how I feel...

May 2016

May 24, 2016

Through the Clouds

On Sunday I wrote a blog post abut how I didn't see how God is...

May 22, 2016

The Root of It All

When I was younger I went to a Baptist Church. I really did come to...

May 17, 2016

Clavius, Patron of the Skeptical

At the heart of Risen is a conversion story. There are a lot of...

May 14, 2016

Abortion, Religion and Politics

So I wrote this blog post the other day, some of you may have read...

May 12, 2016

I am No Longer Pro-life/ **I need to update this post

** I don't know why Patheos is running this blog post today when...

May 11, 2016

Waiting for Redemption

Grief is such a bitch. That’s the only way that I can describe it. In...

May 10, 2016

Taste & See: Help with the Pollution of Noise

When I first got the review copy for Taste & See by Ginny Kubitz Moyer for...

May 09, 2016

Lady Gaga, a Cure for the Mondays

I woke up this morning with a picture of Lady Gaga and a priest and...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

Things I’m Over

#1 The election Look, Hillary is going to win the election and I've known this...

April 27, 2016

Marriages that Can Move Mountains

I just got finished watching Beyonce's visual album Lemonade and I'm blown away. First of...

April 11, 2016

I need to Know how to Love Jackwagons

I had great plans on how exactly Friday morning was going to go down. Pope...

April 04, 2016

Interview: Shaka Senghor author of Writing my Wrongs

I am so happy to be able to share with you my interview with Shaka...

April 03, 2016

Divine Mercy Indeed

Right now in this moment, life is perfect. I had this aha moment sometime during...

April 02, 2016

Authentic Feminism

I have been watching Scandal and other Shondaland shows for a long time wondering what exactly...