There is a threshold of discipleship that seems somewhat rare and untapped. It can be a bit intimidating or feel counter to everything we would have expected from following the Good Shepherd. Most of all, perhaps it’s just far from …
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What are we not about as Catholics trying to live out the New Evangelization? We are not about just getting people back to Church or getting people ‘more engaged in their parish.’ Simply filling pews and getting butts in seats …
Continue readingThe ‘New Evangelization’ of our times isn’t terribly ‘new.’ It still looks a whole lot like The Acts of the Apostles and Luke 10:1-23. In our attempt to build all of the programs, structures, “expressions, methods and ardor” (all these …
Continue readingWhat does a fire do? Most people don’t ever see a real fire burning real logs anymore, which is a shame. Besides the obvious niceties, seeing, smelling, hearing and feeling a fire can also teach us a lot about life …
Continue readingThere is a line in the sixth chapter of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians that we can never hear too much. For we are not contending against flesh and blood… Think of the implications of those words. Our enemy is …
Continue readingDo you ever suffer from a desire to do more for God and to grow His Kingdom? Does this desire ever become a serious burden, bordering on discouragement? Sometimes this thirst can become overwhelming. It can become a temptation to …
Continue readingThe meta-narrative of Christianity is that the children of God are trapped. Bound, blinded, lost in the dark and suffering; we long for some kind of peace and ecstasy but can’t find it. So God comes as a deliverer; He …
Continue readingOurs is not an age of change, but a changing of the ages. (Pope Francis) One of the most important, if not obvious, ways in which this change has taken place is in the realm of sexuality. Our world now …
Continue readingMany things will pass away if and when we get to Heaven. However, our sexuality will remain. We are either a man or a woman forever. It must be pretty darn important, then. Our sexuality is integral to our humanity …
Continue readingA sequel of sorts to The Devil’s Favorite Word. According to Saint Augustine, the deepest desire of our hearts is to see another and be seen by that other’s loving look. (Fill These Hearts, Christopher West) It’s hard to argue …
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