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December 2018

December 02, 2018

First Day of Advent: Suffering Sucks

Fluffy Christianity gives me the creeps. I sometimes wonder how people can just pretend that...

October 2018

October 23, 2018

The Power of Choice

It's 2018 and all around us, we hear about how we are free to make...

August 2018

August 29, 2018

Salvation through Judas

I was taught that only God can bring good out of evil. Not that he...

March 2018

March 28, 2018

When Your Prayer is Answered with Grief

This morning I woke up to the news that a little boy who has been...

February 2017

February 24, 2017

Two days ago I had a really bad day. Every single wound I have ever...

February 17, 2017

Rejecting God

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

November 2016

November 07, 2016

The Dark Night of Life

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

July 2016

July 27, 2016

Death Does Not Win

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

May 2016

May 25, 2016

Friendships: the Casualty of Crisis

Here are just a few of the issues that I have been dealing with in...

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...

March 2016

March 19, 2016

Lent 2016, When I tried to Give God the Silent Treatment

I have not been to Mass this entire Lent. Part of me thought that this...

March 18, 2016

Book Review: Operating on Faithby Matt Weber

Operating on Faith by Matt Weber is a memoir about suffering, marriage, love and...

February 2016

February 19, 2016

7 QT’s The 40th Friday of Lent

1. I haven't really ever considered how different writing for Patheos is from just writing...

February 09, 2016

Fat Tuesday and Preparing for Lent

Tomorrow is Ask Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. I don't know if you have heard...

January 2016

January 07, 2016

Letting Go

I have often heard the saying “Let go and let God” and I’ve never really...

January 05, 2016

Hello, My name is Leticia and I’m a Drunk

Yesterday I was on the Jennifer Fulwiler Show on SiriusXM The Catholic Channel and we...

April 2015

April 08, 2015

Test by Fire

God and I have this weird relationship. Maybe it’s not weird, but I have yet...

February 2015

February 17, 2015

Fat Tuesday with Jesus at a Coffee Shop

About two weeks ago my husband started calling me Sassy Cat. We saw a sign...

February 03, 2015

We are Called to Love Each other, Not be Besties

I have not been writing very much lately for so many reasons. One of them...

December 2014

December 23, 2014

Preparing for Emmanuel

I find myself having a really difficult Advent this year. Life has been very rough...

September 2014

September 04, 2014

How to Fight the Prosperity Gospel

Yesterday morning I woke up and read an article about the Osteen Predicament. It was...

June 2014

June 03, 2014

Change is Painful

I was reading Elizabeth Scalia’s post yesterday about Papa Benedict and his new role in...

May 2014

May 28, 2014

I Still Stand

I have been reading Redeemed by Heather King for a month or so now. Normally...

December 2013

December 14, 2013

Let it GO

So this week was hard as any of you who read my 7 QTs knows....

December 13, 2013

7 Quick Takes Vol 9 (I think)

This will be a highly emotionally fueled 7 Quick Takes, I'm just warning you now....

June 2012

June 14, 2012

By the Grace of God We Carry Our Cross

I was talking to a good priest once who said people will do anything to...