Rhymes with papaya. This is what I tell strangers when they ask how to pronounce my name. I know my name is different. It is difficult to remember. I tell people that it does not hurt my feelings if you ask for the 2nd, 10th or 100th time.
Read MoreI cringe now even thinking of it. Even the seconds after I asked, I cringed inside. Because how could I have cheapened the moment like that?
I was really excited to meet him. I wanted to share the moment online and with a friend who respects him too.
And snap.
I ruined it all.
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Read MoreAs my sister Sara Jaimes says, Go Spread your Seeds of Discontent somewhere else!
My latest for Ignatian Spirituality on having a cheerful heart.
I was asked to speak on the Jason Rantz show about how I lost my column at NW Catholic when I spoke up against Gender Ideology being taught at my kids Catholic Prek-8th grade.
Read MoreMy personal essay for Our Sunday Visitor on being the hands and feet of Christ.
Read MoreGrateful to National Catholic Register for publishing the my personal essay on explaining the theology of the body to my sons.
‘Man is obliged to regard his body as good and to hold it in honor since God has created it and will raise it up on the last day’ (Catechism 364)
Read MoreFinding freedom in a crowded house. My latest for Everyday Ignatian.
Read MoreSomething happens when you deprive yourself of comforts voluntarily, whether in fasting, abstaining, or finding yourself in an old monastery in the middle of the English countryside. With only two meals a day, a chill I couldn’t shake, lack of internet and cell service, something happened in that space which is usually cloaked by comfort. Call it magic or mystery but the words of the liturgy I heard several times a day became part of my cadence, placing me in some sort of liminal space; a space between this world and the one we cannot usually see.
Read MoreHave you ever heard quiet so loud you could hear your stomach digesting? Or been in a room so still you could hear the electricity buzzing through the wiring?
Read MoreAs we make our way through Lent, we act against the temptation to assume all forty of these days must be gloomy. In fact, in the Lenten sparsity, we find beauty and hope — and these poems and songs will point to exactly that.
Read MoreMy latest for Ignatian Spirituality on learning to be fearless
Read MoreThe books I read in January. These are all very short books. Less than 200 pages.
Find your next read.
Read MoreForgiveness can be painful. But forgiveness marks a life transformed by Jesus and a relationship with our Savior. Join us as we explore what scripture says about forgiveness and hear stories of that transformative love of redemption.
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Read MoreHow do you explain this great mystery in just a few minutes or words? Or try to convey to these teenagers why sex is for the confines of marriage when the rest of the world tells them otherwise?
This reflection for Ignatian Spirituality has been published while I've been gone. Read the background on all this JOY!
Read MoreIf you were unable to attend Catholic Imagination Conference last fall and wished you could hear my talk on Brian Doyle, now is your chance. The video has been uploaded. Listen to Gregory Wolfe speak on our current favorite, Cormac McCarthy and Kathleen Kelly Marks 's gorgeous talk on faith in Toni Morrison's work.
Read MoreChristmas is an easy time to show how God is present in our past and present. We tell the stories of God’s presence in the history of the earth. We also tell the stories of God’s presence in our own lives.
Read MoreLibraries hold magic for Shemaiah. Not only are they doorways to new stories and worlds & characters, but as a bookworm, she feels at home being surrounded by books and fellow readers. For her, the library is more than a place — it’s an opportunity for community.
Read MoreListeners remember the foretelling of the Christ Child in the Old Testament as we hear references to those holy texts. We sense the longing of those waiting for Christ. That longing mirrors our own
Read MoreThrives on moments where storytelling, art and faith collide.
