Showing Up Late to Lent
The week between Palm Sunday and Easter is what we, as Catholics, call Holy Week. It is the holiest week of the year because it is jam packed with commemoration of our Lord’s passion, death, and r...
Finding Our Way: How Augustine's Confessions Led Me to God
A few years ago, a friend went on a drive with me and my wife. Along the way, he started a game. He asked us to name three books that had more impact than any others. He constrained by saying we co...
Authentic Masculinity: Walking in the Footsteps of St. Joseph
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In this ‘Year of St. Joseph’ dubbed by our Holy Father, it seems fitting to approach this glorious Saint and ask him, “How do I become a man like you?” And there’s no human creature who is m...
The Power of a Moment
It was past midnight in the adoration chapel on my tiny college campus. The brown, tiled floors made me feel physically cold, and the loneliness I was experiencing made that cold penetrate through ...
Learning to Live Mission Completely for Him
This is my third year on mission as a volunteer teacher in Belize with the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) and when I was asked to write a blog about “how I live mission” the an...
A New Start: Practicing Change this New Year and Everyday After
The New Year is here. I think it’s safe to say that most of us aren't too sad about waving goodbye to 2020, the longest, brokest, and loneliest year of our lives. Finally, we get a chance for a res...