A review of Mark Thibodeaux's Reimagining the Ignatian Examen, [Click title to read more.]
Category: Christian life
On The Defeat of Death
Nothing about death is right or good, but facing it has made me understand the radical nature of what I believe. [Click title to read more.]
The Mess Is The Work.
The mission isn't always where we think it is, especially when there's no neat end in sight. [Click title to read more.]
Alone Time
Five hours alone was everything I needed. [Click title to read more.]
The Sticker Problem
I had a sticker problem as a child. Turns out I still have it as an adult. [Click title to read more.]
Encouragement from the Saints
The saints, paradoxically, remind me that it's okay to be human. [Click title to read more.]
How To (Not) Leave Something In God’s Hands
You left it in God's hands. Except you didn't. [Click title to read more.]
A Love Letter (and an Apology) to Paul
Paul wasn't one of my favorite apostles, until suddenly he was. [Click title to read more.]
Lessons from a Scone
During the dark night of the soul, the perpetual struggle is the sense—albeit incorrect—of God’s absence or silence. During the blessed daylight of the soul, the perpetual struggle is that the ravenous desire for God’s presence shrinks beside the allure of other gifts. [Click title to read more.]
Let It Sit.
Your impulse to react says a lot about how you orient yourself to God. [Click title to read more.]
Samaritan's Song 